Members of the Danbury state delegation are backing an application for a proton therapy cancer treatment center at 85 Wooster Heights in Danbury.  State Representatives Bob Godfrey, Ken Gucker, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Patrick Callahan, and Steve Harding met Wednesday and said this facility would bring a cutting edge treatment to the city’s West Side. Proton radiation therapy destroys tumors with a precise, targeted dose of radiation. Proton beams break the DNA of cancer cells with minimal impact on healthy tissue. It was first used to treat patients in 1954 and received FDA approval in 1988.  Danbury Proton first applied for a Certificate of Need application through the Office of Health and Strategy in April 2020 but was denied.