ESTRO PT 2018

History of proton therapy

• 1954 First treatment of pituitary gland (Berkeley) • 1956 First treatment of pituitary tumors (Berkeley) • 1958 Neurosurgical tool in Sweden • 1967 First large-field proton treatments in Sweden • 1974 Large-field fractionated proton program at Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory, Cambridge, MA • 1990 First hospital-based proton treatment center opens at Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA