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Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Signs Long-Term Agreement to be the Provider of Doctors for Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center

Date:11/6/2008

center to the Chicago area," Mittal said.

"This agreement is about more than addressing the geographic limitations potential proton therapy patients face today. This center is not-for-profit and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation and NIPTRC share a mission to serve ALL patients, regardless of ability to pay," added Mittal, who also sits on NIPTRC's board of directors.

Additionally, NMFF joined NIU and NIPTRC in pursuit of a mission that includes delivering the highest quality of care for cancer patients and their families at the proton center. NIU's excellent allied health faculty will provide patients and their families with support services not found at other proton treatment centers in the nation, including family and nutrition counseling, speech and audiology services and physical therapy for proton cancer patients. NIU's College of Education will provide on-site tutoring for pediatric proton patients to assist them in their studies during the 6-8 week treatment regimen.

In keeping with the holistic approach to treatment, NIU and NIPTRC also plan to establish a residential facility for patients and their families next to the NIPTRC facility. NIU will provide a hospitality program that will operate and maintain the facility. Combined with the patient and family care services listed above, this will catapult the NIPTRC facility to the premiere proton cancer treatment and research center in the United States and world-wide. NIPTRC's academic emphasis will point the way toward future advances in cancer therapy treatment, Alden said.

"NIU's renowned reputation in accelerator physics makes the university the perfect partner for NMFF, which strives to develop innovative and effective cancer treatments," Cherilyn G. Murer, a member of the NIPTRC board of managers and chair of the NIU Board of Trustees said. "This will be the only cancer treatment facility in Illinois with a mission to bring truly accessible proton treatment therapy t
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