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Proton Therapy Centers Around The Globe:After receiving proton treatment in late 2009 at MGH in Boston MA. I decided that I'd provide a list of all the Proton Therapy Centers around the globe that I could locate. Proton Therapy saved my life, or at a minimum, bought me a lot more time to spend with friends and family. I hope you find this list useful and up to date.
If you know of a center that I've missed, please contact me and I'll add it to the list.
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(Personally Recommended Centers **)
Centers in the United StatesFrancis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center - Massachusetts **
The Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center, located on the main hospital campus of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), represents the forefront of technological advancement in radiation therapy. The construction of the proton therapy facility was jointly funded by the hospital and the National Cancer Institute to meet the increasing medical demand for high precision radiation therapy provided by proton therapy. The proton radiation therapy program builds on more than forty years of pioneering work and experience gained by the physicians, physicists, and clinical support personnel at Harvard University's Cyclotron Laboratory.
The University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute - Florida **
Our hope is that the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute will not only provide the best in cancer treatment, but will also forward the field of cancer therapeutics through clinical and basic research. UF Proton Therapy Institute is ideally staffed, situated and structured as a major clinical research facility, and will serve as a center for multidisciplinary research involving all interests that touch cancer and its treatment. UF Proton Therapy Institute's interest extends into other clinical and scientific disciplines, including engineering, computer science, medical and legal ethics, social science, health economics, materials science and space technology.
Loma Linda University Medical Center - CaliforniaProton radiation treatment differs from standard radiation therapy. If given in sufficient doses, conventional radiation therapy techniques will control many cancers.
Because of the physician's inability to adequately conform the irradiation pattern to the cancer, healthy tissues may be damaged with radiation. Consequently, a less-than-desired dose frequently is used to reduce damage to healthy tissues and avoid subsequent unacceptable side effects. The characteristics of proton beam therapy enable the physician to deliver full or higher doses while sparing surrounding healthy tissues and organs.
Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute - IndianaWelcome to the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute! MPRI is a unique global asset in a unique Hoosier locale. There are fewer than two dozen proton facilities worldwide treating the full constellation of human tumors, and only five others in the United States. Co-located with the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility on the Indiana University Bloomington campus, MPRI has been treating patients since 2004. The MPRI team has extensive experience treating numerous conditions including pediatric malignancies, prostate cancer, rare lesions of the central nervous system and spinal cord, in addition to complex cancer recurrences.
Proton Therapy Center at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - TexasThe Proton Therapy Center at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center offers the most advanced form of proton therapy treatment available for prostate cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, brain tumors, lymphomas, sarcomas and pediatric cancers such as medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma, tumors of the central nervous system and others.
ProCure Proton Therapy Center - OklahomaThe ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City is the first in ProCure's network of proton therapy centers that will provide this advanced radiation therapy to patients.
The center is equipped with the most advanced proton therapy technology available. A team of experienced radiation oncologists and highly skilled medical professionals are dedicated to providing exceptional patient care.
The Roberts Proton Therapy Center - PennsylvaniaWelcome to the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, the largest and most advanced facility ion the world for the precise form of cancer radiation, housed within Penn Medicine's Department of Radiation Oncology. Patients here have access to one of science's most sophisticated weapons against cancer, which is seamlessly integrated with a full range of oncology services at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center.
Centers Around The WorldProton Therapy AustraliaThe Australian Proton Therapy Facility provides the most technologically advanced radiotherapy in the world; a centre of excellence where all types of cancers are treated with the optimal source of radiation.
Das Westdeutsche Protonentherapiezentrum EssenDas Westdeutsche Protonentherapiezentrum Essen (WPE) ist eine Tochtergesellschaft des Universitätsklinikums Essen zur lokalen Strahlentherapie mit Protonen, den geladenen Kernen des Wasserstoffatoms. Die Protonentherapie gilt als moderne, präzise und äußerst schonende Form der Strahlentherapie. Das WPE wird den klinischen Betrieb voraussichtlich in der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2010 aufnehmen.
Wanjie Proton Therapy Center (China)After many years investigation, this project proposal was committed to the directorate of Wanjie Group. Sun Qiyu, chairman of Wanjie Group, had visited many proton therapy centers and consulted more than 100 famous radiation physicists and radiation oncologists in the world. In the year of 2002, he decided to import the latest version of advanced proton facility in the world, and it's running for clinical service started by the end of 2004.
Centers Under Construction or PlannedProCure Proton Therapy Center, Somerset, New JerseyProCure, joined with Princeton Radiation Oncology and CentraState Healthcare System, is developing the first proton therapy center in New Jersey and the metro-New York area. The center will be located in Somerset, New Jersey, about a half-hour's drive from midtown Manhattan. Princeton Radiation Oncology is one of the state’s leading practices of radiation oncologists and CentraState Healthcare System is a non-profit community health organization serving the great state of New Jersey. Financing for the center is complete and plans have been approved by the Franklin Township zoning board. The proton center is scheduled to break ground in the spring of 2010 and begin treating patients with cancer in early 2012.
Proton Therapy Center - SwitzerlandThe construction start is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010. Thereafter 3½ to 4 years for construction, installation and commissioning are expected. This means that the center shall start its clinical operation presumably during 2013.
You are kindly invited to visit this homepage so as to get a picture of the promising potential of proton therapy and to learn more about our proton therapy center.
Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute - VirginiaHampton University will join the fight against cancer with its construction of the nation's 7th proton therapy facility, the largest in the world. The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) is bringing the latest, most precise cancer-fighting technologies to Virginia. Opening mid - 2010.
Northern Illinois Proton Treatment & Research Center - IllinoisNIPTRC, which is under construction 30 miles west of Chicago in the DuPage National Technology Park, will be a world-class, state-of-the-art proton cancer treatment and research center for the Chicago area and the upper Midwest. Northern Illinois University and NIPTRC officials broke ground for the center in June 2008 after state officials approved the project, the first of its kind in the state.
Opening Late 2010!
The CDH Proton Center - IllinoisIn January 2011, patients will be able to receive proton therapy at the CDH Proton Center, a ProCure Center. Developed in collaboration with Radiation Oncology Consultants and Central DuPage Hospital, the center combines innovative technologies designed for precision therapy and Care Teams with a passion for providing exceptional patient care. Patients will benefit from comprehensive, integrated and seamless cancer care in a healing environment.
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