A new centre for protonic treatment of intraocular cancer will be created at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the Polish Academy of Sciences. The project is supported by the Ophthalmological and Oncological Clinical Ward of the University Hospital in Kraków led by the associate professor Bożena Romanowska-Dixon. The hospital was first in Poland to introduce the treatment of intraocular melanoma with the use of cobalt, and later – ruthenium and iodine applicators. First such institution in Poland and in Central Europe, the centre for protonic radiotherapy in Kraków will be capable of treating patients suffering from intraocular cancer from across Poland (approximately 100-150 cases a year). Being a future research and teaching centre for teams of doctors, physicists, biologists, and engineers, the centre will contribute to the development of the latest methods of beating cancer.

Centrum Cyklotronowe Bronowice (the Bronowice Cyclotronic Centre), which will open its doors within two years, will be the first unit of the National Centre for Hadron Therapy.
The National Centre for Hadron Therapy project is being completed thanks to a close collaboration of the universities from across Poland including: the Jagiellonian University, the AGH University of Science and Technology, the University of Silesia, the Warsaw University of Technology, and the University of Warsaw. The next unit of the centre will be created at the Medical University of Warsaw.