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 Univeristy (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 Afrcia

Chronologic List Overview

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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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 PMID 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