# Willis-Knighton Cancer Center proton therapy

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## TL;DR

The proton therapy service of Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, the first clinical site of IBA's compact single-room Proteus ONE machine.

## Summary

Willis-Knighton states that its cancer centre is home to the world's first clinical installation of the IBA Proteus ONE, a compact, single-room, cyclotron-fed proton system with pencil-beam scanning for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Its physicists' paper on commissioning the system won the George Starkschall Award of Excellence for a radiation oncology physics article in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics in 2018. NAPT lists the centre at 2600 Kings Highway, Shreveport.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Willis-Knighton Cancer Center; Willis Knighton Proton Therapy
- City: Shreveport, US
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.wkhs.com/cancer/cancer-treatment-services/proton-therapy

## Notes

- The installation date of the Proteus ONE was not stated on the page read on 4 November 2026.

## Sources

- Proton therapy, Willis-Knighton Health: https://www.wkhs.com/cancer/cancer-treatment-services/proton-therapy
- National Association for Proton Therapy: Find a Center: http://proton-therapy.org/findacenter/

## Connected records

- 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/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/)
- companies: [IBA (Ion Beam Applications)](https://onco.cc/companies/iba/)

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