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Intended purpose of Proton Therapy devices

A Proton Therapy device is a medical device designed to produce and deliver a proton beam for the treatment of patients with localized tumors and other conditions susceptible to treatment by radiation.

Indications of use for Proton therapy devices

Proton therapy can benefit, according to the literature, adult and pediatric patients with a diverse range of indications

Pediatric

  1. CNS tumors
    • Medulloblastoma
    • Ependymoma
    • Craniopharyngioma
    • Low grade glioma
    • Germ cell tumors
    • Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid
  2. Rhabdomyosarcoma
  3. Ewings sarcoma
  4. Soft tissue sarcoma
  5. Osteosarcoma
  6. Lymphoma
  7. Neuroblastoma
  8. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  9. Retinoblastoma

Adult

  1. Ocular tumors
  2. Tumors of the skull base and spine
  3. Liver cancer
  4. Lymphoma
  5. CNS tumors
  6. Head and neck cancer
  7. Lung cancer
  8. Thymic malignancies
  9. Gastrointestinal cancer (non-liver)
  10. Pancreatic cancer
  11. Esophageal cancer
  12. Breast cancer
  13. Prostate cancer
  14. Gynecologic cancer
  15. Sarcoma

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