Concord Healthcare Group's (HKG:2453) application for the license for the deployment of large-scale medical equipment for proton therapy was approved by the National Health Commission of China on Friday, Sept. 13, a Sunday filing with the Hong Kong Exchange said.
Guangzhou Concord Cancer Center, an 80% owned subsidiary of the company acquired one customized set of proton therapy equipment and had started clinical trials to test the equipment. The company had applied for the license to deploy large-scale proton therapy equipment on April 29.
Proton therapy is a type of radiation therapy for cancer in which the equipment directs a beam of protons directly to the tumor with a sub-millimeter precision while sparing nearby healthy tissues and minimizing side effects.
The oncology healthcare services provider intends to start the proton therapy operation as soon as it makes some required preparations.
The company's shares closed nearly 6% higher on Monday.
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