The Science of Proton TherapyConditions Treated
Conditions Treated with Proton Beam Radiation
Recent technological advances have allowed proton therapy to treat a wide range of localized cancers, and new applications are being developed all the time. Conditions currently treated with proton beam radiation at MPRI include, but are not limited to:
- Benign Tumors
- Acoustic neuroma
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Craniopharyngioma
- Pituitary adenoma
- Intracranial meningioma
- Ophthalmological Conditions
- Malignant/benign tumors of the orbit
- Ocular (uveal) melanoma
- Metastases to the orbit
- Head and Neck Malignancies
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, including recurrent and retreatment
- Paranasal sinus carcinoma
- Oropharyngeal/parapharyngeal malignancies
- Base of Skull Sarcomas
- Chordoma and chondrosarcoma
- Spinal Cord and Paraspinal Tumors
- Paraspinal soft tissue malignancies
- Chordoma
- Sarcoma subtypes
- Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Carcinoma of the rectum
- Pancreatic carcinoma
- Hepatocelluar carcinoma
- Genitourinary Cancer
- Bladder carcinoma
- Prostate malignancies
- Pediatric Malignancies
- Medulloblastoma, craniospinal
- Ependymoma (boost)
- Pineal tumors
- Astrocytoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma
- Lung Cancer
- Early-stage, medically inoperable lung cancer
- Mediastinal boost—selected cases