REFER A PATIENT HERE
Comparative proton beam therapy (PBT) treatment plans can be requested by a referring radiation oncologist only. The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research (ABCPTR) is unable to accept General Practitioner (GP) or patient self-referrals for a comparative plan to be complete.
The referring institution is responsible for generating the photon – x-ray (XRT) treatment plan using local departmental procedures and best practice.
Comparative Planning
While proton beam therapy (PBT) is not yet available in Australia, Australian patients wishing to access treatment can apply for Federal Government funding through the Medical Treatment Overseas Program (MTOP).
The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research (ABCPTR) provides a bulk-billed national service to generate PBT plans and perform plan comparisons between the PBT plan and XRT plan supplied by the referring institution.
This plan comparison can inform the referring Radiation Oncologist (RO) of the potential benefits, or otherwise of PBT for that individual patient.
The process outlined in the comparative planning information sheet has been designed based on the Australian proton-photon planning consensus guidelines, a multi-disciplinary and multi- institutional collaboration between leading professionals in this field.
DICOM File Transfer
A step by step user guide for transferring DICOM plan and dose files via liquidFiles can be found here ➡️ Comparative Planning LiquidFiles