Australian-first cancer facility flagged for Adelaide

Infants and children with bone cancers and inoperable tumours will be able to access treatment at an Australian-first cancer treatment facility to be operational in Adelaide by 2020.

Tuesday night's federal budget will include a $68-million investment into a proton beam therapy facility at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

The institute hopes the technology will be housed in a second yet-to-be-built building, to be known as SAHMRI two.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said SAHMRI was an exceptionally advanced research institute, making it an ideal fit to host the cancer treatment centre.

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