| Worldwide Proton Beam Treatment Centres (2003). |
| France The Centre of Proton therapy of Orsay. http://www.curie.fr/hopital/etre_pris_en_charge/traitements/detail.cfm/ lang/_fr/id/173.htm (French) Proton Therapy at the Curie Institute. |
Sweden The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala. http://www.tsl.uu.se/ (English) |
| "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path - and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ |
| Proton Beam Therapy Facilities worldwide |
| The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, Bloomington, Indiana. www.mpri.org Part of Indiana University, this facility opened in 2003, and treats a number of different cancers, including paediatric patients. |
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| Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) is known by several names acorss the world, which can cause some confusion. Other names are: Proton Therapy (PT), proton radiation therapy (PRT), Hadrontherapy and hydrogen ion therapy. Worldwide, more than 32,000 patients have been treated with proton beam therapy since the first person was received at Berkeley, California in 1954. The United States National Association of Proton Therapy has a useful website which clearly explains proton beams and their use in medicine. http://www.proton-therapy.org/. The website of MD Anderson Proton Therapy Centre (Houston, Texas) has an informative video of approximately 15mins in length, which examines how proton beam therapy works, and how the new facility will impact patients at MD Anderson. To view the video, click on the link to the centre, then click on the link to "View a streaming video about proton therapy", at the foot of the centre's home page. Below is a list of Proton Beam Centres around the world. Many cyclotrons still only treat ocular tumours, and not all of these are currently capable of treating retinoblastoma. Please check with individual facilities to establish their criteria for treatment. The centres are coded as follows to broadly identify their current capabilities (as of March 2003). Treating brain and eye tumours Treating eye tumours olny Developing Proton Beam Therapy projects. Unsure of capabilities. |
| Canada TRIUMF at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. http://www.triumf.ca/welcome/proton_thrpy.html A good site which includes a simple explanation of proton beams and the treatment process. |
| England The Douglas Cyclatron, Clatterbridge. http://www.ccotrust.nhs.uk/patient/treatment/cyclotron.asp Also has a good online guide for prospective patients. http://www.wirral.nhs.uk/uploads/documents/2473-CCO%20Cyclotron-FINAL.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Mandrillon Cyclotron Laboratory, Nice. http://195.6.125.244/cal/departement/radiotherapie/site_ouest/rto_f.htm (French) Proton beam therapy at the Centre Antoine-Lacassagne. |
| Germany Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin http://www.hmi.de/isl/att/att-i.html (German) http://www.hmi.de/isl/att/att-i_en.html (English) |
Italy TERRA Foundation, Novara. http://www.tera.it/ise.cgi (Italian) http://www.tera.it/ise.cgi?lang=2 (English) TERA is the acronym of "TErapia con Radiazioni Adroniche" (Therapy with Hadronic Radiations).catanaweb/latest.htm (English) |
| Japan HIMAC (heavy-ion synchrotron), Chiba. http://www.nirs.go.jp/ENG/particl.htm (ENGlish - case sensitive URL) Research Centre of Charged Particle Therapy, part of the National Institute for Radiological Sciences. |
Russia ITEP (Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics), Moscow. http://www.protontherapy.itep.ru/intro.html (English) |
South Africa iThemba LABS, Somerset West (Nr Cape Town). http://medrad.nac.ac.za/index.htm (English) http://medrad.nac.ac.za/nprots.htm (Proton page) The only hadron therapy centre in Africa and in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen. http://www.psi.ch/ (German) http://www.psi.ch/index_e.shtml (English) |
| USA Proton Treatment Centre at Loma Linda University www.llu.edu/proton www.protons.com These are both excellent resources for patients/parents. LLU also maintains a search facility for recently published journal articles on PB therapy: http://www.llu.edu/proton/physician/prolit/ |
| The Northeast Proton Therapy Centre at Mass. General, Boston http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/about/providers/radiation/proton/index.asp Also publishes Particles "a newsletter for those interested in proton, light ion and heavy charged particle radiotherapy". Back issues can be read in several formats via the website. http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/hcl/ptles.htm |
| Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, Uiversity of California, Davis. http://crocker.ucdavis.edu/cnl/research/eyet.htm A single page discussing the UC Cyclatron. Treats ocular melanoma. |
| Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, GSI, Darmstadt. http://www.gsi.de/gsi.deutsch.html (German) http://www.gsi.de/ (English) |
| Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN), Catania. http://www.lns.infn.it/ (English) |
| Proton Medical Research Centre, Tsukuba. http://www.pmrc.tsukuba.ac.jp/ (Japanese) http://www.pmrc.tsukuba.ac.jp/EN/index.html (English) Contains a useful explanation of Proton Beam Therapy. |
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| MD Anderson Proton Therapy Centre, Houston, Texas. http://www.mdanderson.org/care_centers/radiationonco/ptc/ This new facility is due to open in 2006, and will treat retinoblastoma and certain childhood brain tumours as part of ongoing clinical trials. There is an informative video (approx 15mins in length) linked at the end of the page, which examines how proton beam therapy works, and how the new facility will impact patients at MD Anderson. |