Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois Proton Therapy Facility

Proton Therapy Shows Promise in Other Areas

  • Breast irradiation
  • Lung
  • Rectal carcinoma
  • Advanced gynecological disease

Types of Cancer

Proton Therapy Is Used to Treat Many Cancers

  • Uveal Melanoma (eye)
  • Skull-base Sarcomas (head)
  • Meningiomas (brain)
  • Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma (sinus/nasal)
  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (throat)
  • Pediatric Malignancy
  • Paraspinal Tumors (spinal)
  • Prostate
  • Craniopharyngioma (brain)
  • Acoustic Neuromas (ear)
  • Large AVM (brain)
  • Pituitary - functioning, retreatment (brain)
  • Metastases – selected
  • Gliomas - selected, boosts (brain)