# Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute

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## TL;DR

The proton therapy centre of Hampton University in Virginia, open since 2010: the eighth in the US and the first owned and run by a historically Black university. More than 60 per cent of its patients are treated for prostate cancer.

## Summary

Hampton University's 15th-anniversary release (31 July 2025) says the institute opened in 2010 as the eighth proton therapy centre in the United States and the first owned and operated by a historically Black college or university, with five treatment rooms in 98,000 square feet, then the largest free-standing proton centre in the world. It was conceived in 2005 by the university's then-president William R. Harvey, prompted by high prostate cancer rates in nearby underserved communities. More than 60 per cent of its patients are treated for prostate cancer; it enrolled more than 200 patients, including the largest number of African American participants, in COMPPARE, a study comparing proton and photon therapy for prostate cancer. In 2024 it extended pencil-beam scanning beyond prostate cancer to brain and head and neck cancers and began a rebranding; the release uses the name Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute, while NAPT still lists Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute. NAPT lists it at 40 Enterprise Parkway, Hampton.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Hampton Proton; Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute; HUPTI
- City: Hampton, US
- Type: hospital

## Notes

- hamptonproton.org answered a script with an Incapsula bot wall on 4 November 2026; the university's release was read instead. The release says 'several thousand patients' without a figure.

## Sources

- Hampton Proton celebrates 15 years (Hampton University, 31 July 2025): https://home.hamptonu.edu/blog/2025/07/31/hampton-proton-celebrates-15-years-of-innovation-equity-and-impact-in-cancer-care/
- National Association for Proton Therapy: Find a Center: http://proton-therapy.org/findacenter/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- technologies: [Pencil-beam scanning and intensity-modulated proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/intensity-modulated-proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/)

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