Chicago Daily Observer

Recently there have been some unfortunate misconceptions reported regarding the state-of-the-art Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center. In order to shed some light on this important project, which will bring cutting-edge medical treatment not only to DuPage County but to the region as a whole, we felt it was important to set the record straight.

The development of the Proton Center was born out of support forged between Northern Illinois University, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, DuPage County, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory plus state and congressional leaders. With only five such centers in existence throughout the United States, we have been very fortunate to have Northern Illinois University’s leadership and experience in physics and neutron cancer therapy (NIU has operated the NIU Institute for Neutron Therapy at Fermilab since 2004) guiding us throughout this process.