"At a previous center, one of our radiation oncologists learned his daughter had salivary gland cancer. He did all the due diligence. She could have gone anywhere. Finally he sent her to Seattle for neutrons. He later told me it was the right decision." |
Scott Dube, MS DABR June 2010 |
Neutron Therapy News
There is a new 'news links' page on this site. We will try to keep it up-to-date. If there are any items you think we should include, please advise using the Contact Us facility. Thanks.
August 2011
US National Institute of Health: Detriot announces a study 'Integration of Neutron Therapy in the Treatment Plan for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)'
June 2011
An update from FRM II ? TUM - expecting to restart in August
April 2010
Dr Andrea Wittig: Antrittvorlesung
for older items click here
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
This is a very useful site for general information about neutron therapy and to learn of the facilities available at Fermi
- iThemba LABS South Africa
Information about the Cape Town facility with much interesting information on its neutron and proton therapy programmes
- University of Washington
Information about the Department of Radiation Oncolgy at the University of Washington in Seattle USA. This includes guides to the design, and operation of a clinical cyclotron facility in a hospital environment
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Karamanos Cancer Institute
Read about this excellent centre in Detroit -
FRMII at Garching in Germany
Read about this excellent centre
Welcome to the neutron therapy website
The site is a developing online resource devoted to neutron therapy. A new page has been added to show the worldwide centres and their patient throughput. Please review and advise any corrections or comments as requested in the note on that page.
The website is intended to be a resource for those interested in neutron therapy. It aspires to become a single access point to information about neutron therapy for radiation oncologists, radiotherapists, tumour specialists, medical physicists, radiobiologists and others specialising in cancer treatment.
It should also prove useful for patients, carers and the general reader with an interest in the treatment of certain tumour types with neutrons. If you want to know something of the history of neutron therapy, follow this link.
FNDA 2011
In case you might be there, neutron medical therapy is reported to be on the programme at FNDA 2011
Neutrons for Therapy Meeting
Held in Cape Town on October 12th 2009 -- for more information click here. An important paper presented in the main meeting can be found on the Science Direct website.
Opinions are divided on neutron therapy
To say that opinions are divided on neutron therapy may be an understatement. At Fermilab in Chicago, in Detroit and in Seattle in the United States, at iThemba LABS in South Africa, at the Centres at Snezhinsk and Tomsk in Russia routine treatment of patients using neutron therapy continues. In Munich, the new research reactor FRM II at Garching has now treated 80 patients since it came on stream in June 2007 (visit the FRMII website). The wonderful work by Dr Jeff Forman and his team treating principally patients with prostate cancer is now restarted - see the news item on our 'news links' page. The treatment facility at Essen in Germany is closed for major maintenance work - meanwhile patients are referred to the South African centre near Cape Town in an exciting collaboration.
Neutron Therapy Discussion Board
- Visit the Neutron Therapy Discussion Board (this is a private access board)
The Board is for people with a professional interest in particle therapy. To apply for access to the Discussion Board email to inform(at)neutrontherapy.com - please use @ instead of (at). This is a spam saving device!