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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

o Chicago area residents and discover new medical applications for accelerator physics. It will also design new proton clinical trials and protocols in cooperation with Chicago's outstanding academic medical centers."

NIPTRC along with the Northern Illinois Research Foundation and Northern Illinois University have been working since 2004 to bring state-of-the-art proton treatment to patients in the Chicago area and across the Midwest. The project will be the first of its kind in the upper Midwest and is expected to treat patients from hundreds of miles around the Chicago area.

Proton therapy is a non-invasive and precise radiotherapy treatment, and is particularly useful for treating pediatric and certain adult cancers. As compared to conventional X-ray radiation therapy, proton therapy has the potential of significantly reducing damage to healthy cells in patients with cancer. Proton therapy is currently unavailable in Illinois, and only five proton therapy centers are currently operating nationwide.

A not-for-profit medical treatment center with a strong charity care program, NIPTRC is associated with Northern Illinois University, and is working cooperatively with Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory.

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation is the regionally and nationally recognized physician group at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. The Foundation has in excess of 700 physicians known for their use of innovative clinical practices and technology and a multidisciplinary approach to provide optimal patient care and service. The Foundation supports the clinical and academic activities of the Feinberg School of Medicine and creates an environment where the best medical practices are demonstrated and learned.


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