Orsay Proton therapy Center

Phone

 +33 (0)1 69 29 87 00
 

Orsay

The Proton Therapy Center at Institut Curie is located on the university campus at Orsay in the Essonne region. It administers an ultra-precise form of radiotherapy used to treat certain adult and childhood cancers.

Proton therapy is an ultra-precise radiotherapy: it allows tumors to be irradiated with great precision while better protecting healthy organs located near the tumor. This ultra-precise technology is particularly suitable for treating children due to the reduced risk of after-effects, as well as certain adult tumors such as eye tumors.

Making an appointment

To make an appointment, please contact the office at 01 69 29 87 00 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. After an appointment has been made, and provided that proton therapy is the appropriate treatment for your tumor, the waiting time for the first session is a maximum of 3 weeks for ophthalmological tumors and a maximum of 7 weeks for other tumors.

This period of time is used to study the patient’s file, decide on the treatment protocol during a multidisciplinary consultation meeting, then a technical meeting, and to establish dosimetry.

Getting to the Proton Therapy Center

Adress 

Building 101

Orsay University Campus

91898 ORSAY CEDEX

Tel: +33 (0)1 69 29 87 00 - Fax: +33 (0)1 69 07 55 00

By car - Directions from Paris

GPS Type "rue Georges Clemenceau 91400 ORSAY"

  • Via the A6 south motorway
    • Take the Nantes, Bordeaux direction
    • Take the A10 motorway towards Chartres, Orléans
    • Take the Bures-Orsay exit
    • Follow RN 188 through the woods for 3 km
    • Exit towards Orsay, then drive for a short while on RN 118
    • (expressway towards Paris - Porte de St-Cloud)
    • Take the Orsay exit after 200 yards
  • Via the pont de Sèvres
    • Take RN 118 (or F18) towards Chartres, Orléans, Tours
    • Exit at Orsay (do not take the Centre Universitaire exit)

Via public transportation

  • RER B - Stop: Orsay-Ville

Accommodation

For adults

If you live far from the center and you are affiliated with French social security, you could benefit from free accommodation under certain conditions as part of the temporary medical accommodation procedure (Hôtel Hospitalier). 
To take advantage of it, you will need to request it from your radiation oncologist. They will file an accommodation request and contact the department of Institut Curie that is in charge of this service. Institut Curie will take care of the reservation and will cover this accommodation, as well as any breakfasts you may have. All other services and the breakfast(s) for your possible companion will be at your own expense. The reservation for the hotel where you will be staying at will be made in your name. You have the right to refuse, but in this case accommodation will remain entirely your responsibility, and Institut Curie will not make any other reservations.

For children and their parents:

The above procedure is valid, but there are two other accommodations dedicated to children and their parents depending on the hospital that referred you to Orsay.

The House of the parents Irène-Joliot-Curie (Institut Curie)

Located near the Parisian hospital of Institut Curie (Paris, 5th arrondissement), it offers young children and their parents accommodation in the Paris area during treatment. This parents' house offers families a listening ear and support in the face of psychological or material difficulties.

13 rue Tournefort – 75005 Paris – Tél. 01 47 07 21 50 

The Ronald McDonald House (Gustave Roussy Hospital)

The Ronald McDonald House is located on the Gustave-Roussy site. No reservations can be made directly from the parents' house. The pediatric department of Gustave-Roussy directly manages admissions at the parents' house.

39 rue Camille Desmoulins – 94805 Villejuif cedex – Tél. 01 49 58 10 00

Departments / Services 

  • Radiotherapy 
  • Proton therapy 
  • Early clinical trials