Technological advances and research allow radiation oncologists to use proton therapy to treat a wide range of localized cancers. Conditions currently treated with proton beam radiation at the IU Health Proton Therapy Center include, but are not limited to:

Prostate Cancer

• Initial treatment of localized prostate cancer
• Post-prostatectomy with a positive margin and/or rising PSA
• Recurrent prostate cancer
• Patients with unilateral hip replacements

Head and Neck Tumors

• Adenoid Cycstic Carcinomas
• Chondrosarcomas
• Chordomas
• Nasal/Sinus tumors
  • Ethmoid sinus
  • Maxillary sinus
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma including recurrent lesions and retreatment
  • Paranasal sinus carcinoma
• Oropharyngeal/Parapharyngeal malignancies (select cases)
• Parotid Tumors
• Salivary gland
• Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Brain Tumors

• Acoustic neuroma (Schwannoma)
• Astrocytomas
• Chondrosarcomas
• Chordomas
• Ependymomas
• Gliomas
  • Brain stem gliomas
  • Gangliogliomas
  • Glioblastomas
• Meningiomas (benign, atypical and malignant)
• Pineal tumors
• Pituitary tumors
• Primative neuroectodermal tumors (PNET)
• Single metastatic sites
• Skull base tumors

Spinal Cord and Paraspinal Tumors

• Chondrosarcomas
• Chordoma
• Ependymomas
• Nerve sheath lesions
• Paraspinal soft tissue malignancies
• Single metastatic sites
• Spindle cell sarcoma

Gastrointestinal Cancers

• Carcinoma of the rectum
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Liver (primary and metastatic)
• Pancreatic carcinoma (select cases)

Lung Cancer

• Early-stage, medically inoperable lung cancer (select cases)
• Mediastinal boost (selected cases)

Ophthalmological Tumors

• Malignant/benign tumors of the orbit
• Optic nerve gliomas
• Retinal tumors

Pediatric Tumors

• Astrocytomas
• Atypical Teratoid Rhaboid Tumors (ATRT)
• Craniopharyngioma
• Ependymoma
• Gliomas
  • Brain stem gliomas
  • Gangliogliomas
  • Glioblastomas
• Medulloblastomas boosts
• Neuroblastoma
• Pituitary tumors
• Primative neuroectodermal tumors (PNET)
• Retinoblastoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Sarcoma subtypes (select cases)

Other Sites and Tumors

• Abdomen/Pelvic wall
• Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
• Lymphoma (select cases)
• Ewing’s Sarcoma and other sarcoma subtypes (select cases)
• Metastatic disease sites – select cases