"On a per fraction basis, if you were to deliver the same number of fractions, I think proton therapy might be like 30 percent more, but in terms of absolute dollar amounts, it’s not a huge difference...

"You can think about the costs associated with just doing the medical management, but we also have to be cognizant [about the cost of what’s happening to the patient after treatment]. Let's say the patient is not feeling well after their traditional radiation, [then they may miss] a day of work. That’s a cost to their employer, or let's say the patient feels sick and not only do they have to stay home, they need a family member to stay with them, so now you have two people out of work...

"We all need to be fiscally conscious going forward, that’s true on the payer side and on the provider side, but I think the most important thing is that you have to look beyond what it costs in terms of dollars and cents. Incrementally, an example might be, there are a lot of cars that can go 60 miles per hour safely. But if you want a car that can do 100 miles an hour safely, there is an incremental cost that’s required to do that."

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