Neutron therapy centres worldwide
Notes:
- Blue background indicates clinical neutron therapy service currently available
- Italic entry for centres that are either closed or not currently treating patients with fast neutrons.
- The data in this table is believed to be accurate – corrections should be advised to infor(at)neutrontherapy.com - replace (at) with @
Centre |
Country |
Neutron source |
Detail |
First patient |
Patients treated |
Comments |
Louvain-la-Neuve |
Belgium |
Cyclotronp(65)+Be |
1978 |
Closed 2000 |
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Beijing |
China |
Linac p(35)+Be |
h – inserts |
1991 |
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Nice |
France |
Cyclotron p(60)+Be |
v - multileaf |
1993 |
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Orleans, |
France |
Variable energy cyclotron p(34)+Be(15.8) |
2,300 |
Closed 2007 |
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Berlin |
Germany |
d(13.5)+Be |
h – inserts |
1972 |
400+ |
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Essen |
Germany |
Cyclotrond(14)+Be |
h – inserts |
780+ |
Clinical service withdrawn 2009 |
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FRM I Munich, |
Germany |
Reactor |
715 |
Now superseded by the FRM II facility |
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FRM II Munich, |
Germany |
Reactor |
80 |
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Hamburg |
Germany |
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Heidelberg |
Germany |
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Münster |
Germany |
Deuterium-tritium generator 14MeV |
270+ |
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Anagawa |
Japan |
Cyclotron d(2.8)+Be |
h - inserts |
1975 |
2,129 |
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Chiba |
Japan |
d(30)+Be |
v – inserts |
1975 |
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Tokyo |
Japan |
d(14)+Be |
h – inserts |
1976 |
458 |
closed 1991 |
Seoul |
Korea |
p(50.5)+Be |
1986 |
274 |
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Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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Krakow |
Poland |
d(12.5)+Be |
h – inserts |
1978 |
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Obninsk, |
Russia |
Reactor BR-10 |
500 |
Closed 2003 |
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Snezhinsk, |
Russia |
990 |
2 treatment rooms (one vertical and one horizontal beam). No multi-leaf collimator |
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Tomsk |
Russia |
1,200 |
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Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia |
Cyclotron p(26)+Be |
1988 |
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iThemba Labs |
South Africa |
Separated Sector Cyclotron, 66MeV p+ on a Be target |
1,700 |
Isocentric unit with Multi-blade trimmer. |
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Clatterbridge |
UK |
Cyclotron p(62)+Be |
1985 |
382 |
Neutron service ceased in 1995. Room had iso-centric gantry with variable rectangular fields and some W blocks. In 1989 additional room and beam line for ocular proton treatment was commissioned |
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Edinburgh |
UK |
Cyclotron d(16)+Be |
iso-centric inserts |
1977 |
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Hammersmith |
UK |
Cyclotron d(15)+Be |
1966 |
3,000+ |
Closed 1985 |
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Detroit |
USA |
Cyclotron d(48.5)+Be |
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2,200 |
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Fermilab |
USA |
Proton Linear Accelerator ~70MeV |
3,000+ |
Currently some 30-40 patients annually |
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Seattle |
USA |
Cyclotron 50 MeV |
2,750 |
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Berkeley CA |
USA |
d(8)+Be then d(16)+Be in 1939 |
h - inserts |
1938 |
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College Station TX |
USA |
Cyclotron d(50)+Be |
h – inserts |
1972 |
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Washington DC |
USA |
Cyclotron d(35)+Be |
h – inserts |
1973 |
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Cleveland Ohio |
USA |
Cyclotron d(25)+Be p(43)+Be |
h – inserts |
1977 |
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Los Angeles CA |
USA |
Cyclotron p(45)+Be |
iso-centric variable jaws |
1984 |
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Houston TX |
USA |
Cyclotron p(42)+Be |
iso-centric inserts |
1988 |