Radiation Oncology/Corporate/Protons

Proton Therapy Please see the Protons page for links to clinical information Associations Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG) "An organization for those interested in proton, light ion, and heavy charged particle radiotherapy" National Association for Proton Therapy (NAPT) U.S. based, independent, non-profit, public benefit corporation Promotes the clinical benefits of proton beam radiation therapy for cancer patients and their families Existing Proton Facilities North America Canada TRIUMF - ocular diseases only United States Loma Linda Harvard University (Massachusetts General Hospital) Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute MD Anderson Cancer Center University of California San Francisco/University of California Davis - ocular diseases only University of Florida ProCure Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania Hampton University, VA CDH Proton Center ProCure, IL Europe Belgium Louvain France Centre Antoine Lacassagne (Nice) Institut Curie (Orsay) Germany Hahn-Meitner Institut (HMI/Charite) - ocular diseases only Rinecker PTC Heidelberg HIT Italy Catana - ocular diseases only CNAO Russia Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna), YouTube link Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) Sweden Uppsala Universitet Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) United Kingdom Clatterbridge Center for Oncology - ocular diseases only Asia China Wanjie Proton Therapy Center Japan National Cancer Center Hospital East Kobe University (Hyogo Medical Center) National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba Shizuoka Cancer Center University of Tsukuba Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Cancer Center, Fukushima Wakasa Bay Korea Korea National Cancer Center Africa South Africa IThemba LABS, South Africa Chronologic List Overview Facility Country Start Particle Comments Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory USA 1955 Proton, Heavy Ion Svedberg Laboratory Sweden 1957 Proton New facility Uppsala, 1988 Harvard Cyclotron USA 1961 Proton New facility in 2001 JINR Russia 1964 Proton New facility 1989 ITEP Russia 1969 Proton PNPI Russia 1975 Proton Chiba Japan 1979 Proton Tsukuba Japan 1983 Proton PSI Switzerland 1984 Proton JINR Russia 1989 Proton Uppsala Sweden 1989 Proton Clatterbridge UK 1989 Proton ocular only Loma Linda USA 1990 Proton first hospital-based Nice France 1991 Proton Orsay France 1991 Proton LOuvain Belgium 1991 Proton low energy only iTHEMBA South Africa 1993 Proton MPRI USA 1993 Proton UCSF / UC Davis USA 1994 Proton ocular only Chiba Japan 1994 Carbon first ion TRIUMF Canada 1995 Proton ocular only GSI Germany 1997 Carbon HMI Germany 1998 Proton ocular only NCC Japan 1998 Proton Hyogo Japan 2001 Proton, Carbon Harvard USA 2001 Proton Catana Italy 2002 Proton ocular only Shizuoka Japan 2002 Proton Wakasa Japan 2002 Proton Wanjie China 2004 Proton MD Anderson USA 2006 Proton University of Florida USA 2006 Proton Southern Tohoku PTC Japan 2008 Proton Rinecker PTC Germany 2009 Proton Oklahoma ProCure USA 2009 Proton Heidelberg HIT Germany 2009 Proton/Carbon University of Pennsylvania USA 2010 Proton Hampton University USA 2010 Proton CDH ProCure Chicago USA 2010 Proton CNAO Italy 2011 Proton/(Carbon) Proposed Proton Facilities United States Northern Illinois University, IL ProCure ProCure: CentraState Health, NJ - IBA - target 2012 ProCure: Beaumont Hospital, MI ProCure: Boca Raton, FL ProCure: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance: Seattle, WA American Shared Hospital Services American Shared Hospital Services: Tufts University, MA American Shared Hospital Services: MD Andersen Orlando, FL American Shared Hospital Services: Long Beach Memorial, CA American Shared Hospital Services: San Francisco Bay area, CA American Shared Hospital Services: Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, OH Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA South Florida Proton Center, FL Broward Medical Center, FL Washington University, MO First Coast Oncology, FL McLaren Health Care, MI - ProTom Dayton, OH - Optivus University of Iowa, IA Scripps Health, CA - Varian Wright State University, OH Knoxville, TN University of Maryland, MD Mayo Clinics, MN and AZ Emory University, GA Atlantic Health System, NJ - ProTom Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX Willis-Knighton, Shreveport, LA (Summer 2014) Europe MedAustron, Austria - proton and carbon ion Abstract 2007 WPE Essen, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Rozumberok, Slovakia Krakow, Poland Caen, France - carbon ion Dimitrovgrad, Russia Middle East Qatar Asia National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan Linkou Chang Gung Hospital, Taiwan Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Hospital Vendors Hitachi and Hitachi North America Proton facilities: Tsukuba, MD Anderson IBA Proton facilities: Massachusetts General Hospital, National Cancer Center Japan, National Cancer Center Korea, Wanjie Proton Therapy Center, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute Optivus Proton Therapy Proton facilities: Loma Linda Varian Medical Systems (ACCEL subsidiary) Proton facilities: Paul Scherrer Institute Siemens AG Still River Systems ProTom International Compact Particle Acceleration Corporation & TomoTherapy Treatment Planning PerMedics Medical Systems - Odyssey Elekta via CMS software - XiO and Focal Patient Positioning Brindisi, Italy; 2010 20465816 -- "Patient positioning in the proton radiotherapy era." (Devicienti S, J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2010 May 13;29(1):47. [Epub ahead of print]) Review of various robotic couch applications Overview by Institution Heidelberg, Germany; 2010 20831505 -- "Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center (HIT): Initial clinical experience in the first 80 patients." (Combs SE, Acta Oncol. 2010 Oct;49(7):1132-40.) CNAO Italy; 2009 19579862 -- "The National Center for Oncological Hadron Therapy: status of the project and future clinical use of the facility." (Orecchia R, Tumori. 2009 Mar-Apr;95(2):169-76.) Overview of plans for the facility Hyogo Japan; 2009 19920379 -- "[Current status and future of particle radiotherapy at the Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center]" [Article in Japanese] (Murakami M, Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2009 Nov;36(11):1791-4.) Overview. 2,639 patients treated with prostate, H&N, liver, lung and sarcomas (total 87%). Proton beam 2,122 (80%), carbon ion 517 (20%) European ENLIGHT network 2008 18208851 -- "COST-ENLIGHT strategic workshop on hadron (particle) therapy, CERN, Geneva, 3-4 May 2007." (Taylor RE, Br J Radiol. 2008 Mar;81(963):169-71. Epub 2008 Jan 21.) Overview of meeting to review current status of hadron therapy in Europe 2007 17513898 -- "European developments in radiotherapy with beams of large radiobiological effectiveness." (Amaldi U, J Radiat Res (Tokyo). 2007;48 Suppl A:A27-41.) Overview of European experience, including development of facilities in Heidelberg (HIT) and Pavia (CNAO). Also review of Marburg, Wiener Neustadt, Lyon and Uppsala and the development of ENLIGHT network Paul Scherrer Institut; 2007 17878101 -- "[Proton beam therapy: clinical indications and summary of the Swiss experience] - [Article in French]" (Weber DC, Bull Cancer. 2007 Sep 1;94(9):807-15.) Harvard 2007 17668954 -- "Clinical proton radiation therapy research at the Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center." (DeLaney TF, Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Aug;6(4 Suppl):61-6.) Review of MGH current clinical research goals 1980 6245096 -- "Clinical experience with proton beam radiation therapy." (Suit HD, J Can Assoc Radiol. 1980 Mar;31(1):35-9.) Cannot yet assess efficacy, but results warrant further investigation Loma Linda; 2007 2007 17668955 -- "Development and operation of the Loma Linda University Medical Center proton facility." (Slater JD, Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Aug;6(4 Suppl):67-72.) Overview of a hospital-based center development 2006 16551128 -- "Clinical applications of proton radiation treatment at Loma Linda University: review of a fifteen-year experience." (Slater JD, Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Apr;5(2):81-9.) Review of 15 year experience using protons Other Entities GSI, Germany ProBeam Oncology, USA Partnership between MD Anderson Cancer Center, Sanders Morris Harris, and The Styles Company to manage the Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson Proton Brotherhood of the Balloon, USA ProCure Treatment Centers, USA TERA Foundation, Italy Proton Therapy Global Management SAH Global