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Facility & Site Plans
Northern Illinois University received $13.3 million in federal funding to help develop the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center at the DuPage National Technology Park in West Chicago. The park is contiguous to the northern boundary of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which in the late 1980s developed the first proton-therapy accelerator for use in cancer treatment.
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View Construction Site
- Cost: $159 million
- 15-acre site at the DuPage National Technology Park contiguous to northern boundary with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Additional land for future
patient/family lodging facility
- 110,000 square feet
- 4 separate treatment rooms
- 1 dedicated research room
- 2 gantries (190 tons each)
- 2 fixed-beam rooms
- Areas for training and education
Groundbreaking Information and Materials
A groundbreaking celebration for the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center - the first cancer treatment and research center of its kind in Illinois - was held Thursday, June 19, at the facility site in suburban West Chicago.
The $159 million state-of-the-art center will be located at 777 Discovery Drive in the DuPage National Technology Park about 35 miles west of Chicago.
Groundbreaking Materials
Images courtesy of VOA Associates Incorporated
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