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.
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Centre

Country

Neutron source

Detail

First patient

Patients treated

Comments

Louvain-la-Neuve

Belgium

Cyclotronp(65)+Be

1978

Closed 2000

Beijing

China

Linac p(35)+Be

h – inserts

1991

Nice

France

Cyclotron p(60)+Be

v - multileaf

1993

Orleans,

France

Variable energy cyclotron p(34)+Be(15.8)

2,300

Closed 2007

Berlin

Germany

d(13.5)+Be

h – inserts

1972

400+

Essen

Germany

Cyclotrond(14)+Be

h – inserts

780+

Clinical service withdrawn 2009

FRM I Munich,

Germany

Reactor

715

Now superseded by the FRM II facility

FRM II Munich,

Germany

Reactor

80

Hamburg

Germany

Heidelberg

Germany

Münster

Germany

Deuterium-tritium generator 14MeV

270+

Anagawa

Japan

Cyclotron d(2.8)+Be

h - inserts

1975

2,129

Chiba

Japan

d(30)+Be

v – inserts

1975

Tokyo

Japan

d(14)+Be

h – inserts

1976

458

closed 1991

Seoul

Korea

p(50.5)+Be

1986

274

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Krakow

Poland

d(12.5)+Be

h – inserts

1978

Obninsk,

Russia

Reactor BR-10

500

Closed 2003

Snezhinsk,

Russia

990

2 treatment rooms (one vertical and one horizontal beam). No multi-leaf collimator

Tomsk

Russia

1,200

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

Cyclotron p(26)+Be

1988

iThemba Labs

South Africa

Separated Sector Cyclotron, 66MeV p+ on a Be target

1,700

Isocentric unit with Multi-blade trimmer.

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

Edinburgh

UK

Cyclotron d(16)+Be

iso-centric

inserts

1977

Hammersmith

UK

Cyclotron d(15)+Be

1966

3,000+

Closed 1985

Detroit

USA

Cyclotron d(48.5)+Be

 

 

2,200

Fermilab

USA

Proton Linear Accelerator ~70MeV

3,000+

Currently some 30-40 patients annually

Seattle

USA

Cyclotron 50 MeV

2,750

Berkeley CA

USA

d(8)+Be then d(16)+Be in 1939

h - inserts

1938

College Station TX

USA

Cyclotron d(50)+Be

h – inserts

1972

Washington DC

USA

Cyclotron d(35)+Be

h – inserts

1973

Cleveland Ohio

USA

Cyclotron d(25)+Be

p(43)+Be

h – inserts

1977

Los Angeles CA

USA

Cyclotron p(45)+Be

iso-centric variable jaws

1984

Houston TX

USA

Cyclotron p(42)+Be

iso-centric

inserts

1988