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Link Disclaimer: "Links" are provided only
as an informational resource as a "Patient-to-Patient"
service. Please note that many of the links provided below are
not on one of the MGH Neurosurgical Service servers and are
not maintained by us or affiliated with any services provided
by us.
Massachusetts
General Hospital ~ Harvard Cyclotron Links
- Proton
Beam Radiation for Advanced Paranasal Sinus Tumors from
the Cranial Base Center Newsletter
- An
article on proton beam radiosurgery
including information about the new Northeast Proton Radiosurgery
Center which is in the planning phase of construction.
- A
history of radiosurgery with emphasis
on early uses of particle beams
- A
comparison of Gamma
Knife®, Stereotactic LINAC, and
Proton beam radiosurgery.
- The
MGH Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery:
Information regarding peripheral nerve (including nerve
compression such as carpal tunnel syndrome) and spine surgery
and the Neurosurgical Service's Spine Evaluation Unit.
- The
MGH Neuro-oncology homepage has
more information on the treatment of tumors of the brain
or spine and support for patients, family, and other caregivers.
- The
MGH
AVM and Aneurysm Center Homepage has more information
on the treatment of arteriovenous malformations of the brain
and spine and on support groups for patients, family, and
other caregivers.
- MGH/Massachusetts
Eye and Ear Infirmary Cranial Base Center: Information
on the treatment of tumors of the skull base, including
cranial nerve Schwannoma (neuroma).
- MGH/Harvard
Pituitary Tumor Center: Information on medical, surgical,
and radiation therapy of pituitary adenomas.
- Northeast
Regional Proton Therapy Center Homepage at MGH/Harvard
including
The HCL facility has now closed. Information, activities
and newsletters have been transfered to the new
Northeast Proton Therapy Center: http://
www.mgh.harvard.edu/depts/nptc/nptc.htm
More
Radiosurgery Links
Links
to Information from Other Medical Cyclotrons/Sychrotrons
- Northeast
Regional Proton Therapy Center Homepage at MGH/Harvard
- The
Loma Linda University Proton Treatment Center LLUMC,
California
- Crocker
Nuclear Laboratory's Cyclotron at U of California, Davis
- Midwest
Proton Radiation Institute at Indiana University Proton
Radiation Therapy Center
- TRIUMF
- protons and TRIUMF
- pions a
Joint Venture by four universities: University of Alberta,
Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, University
of B.C., Canada
- National
Accelerator Centre (NAC) South Africa. The Medical
Radiation Group operates the hadron (neutron and proton)
therapy facilities at NAC, South Africa
- KVI
Proton therapy project at the Kernfysisch
Versneller Instituut, The Netherlands
- Paul
Scherrer Institute (PSI) Proton Therapy Project Switzerland
(under construction)
- Proton
Medical Research Center University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba,
JAPAN with a plan
for dedicated proton therapy facility of PMRC
- The
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, HIMAC, Chiba,
Japan
- Proton
Therapy Global Directory from Charles Bloch, Ph.D.,
Indiana University
Proton
Beam Facilities "Click on the Pins"
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