# Centre Antoine Lacassagne

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## TL;DR

Nice's cancer centre and a proton therapy pioneer in France, treating eye melanoma with protons since 1991.

## Summary

Founded in 1961, the Centre Antoine Lacassagne is the UNICANCER centre for the Côte d'Azur. Its Institut Méditerranéen de Protonthérapie began treating uveal melanoma with the MEDICYC low-energy cyclotron in 1991 and added a high-energy IBA ProteusONE system in 2016, making it one of France's few proton facilities and a reference for ocular and paediatric tumours. Other programmes include head and neck oncology, breast surgery, nuclear medicine and an early-phase unit. Research with the Université Côte d'Azur focuses on radiobiology and medical physics.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: CAL
- City: Nice, FR
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.centreantoinelacassagne.org

## Sources

- Homepage: https://www.centreantoinelacassagne.org
- PTCOG: particle therapy facilities in operation: https://www.ptcog.site/index.php/facilities-in-operation-public

## Connected records

- cancers: [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Melanoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/melanoma/)
- fronts: [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- technologies: [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/), [PET/CT](https://onco.cc/technologies/pet-ct/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/)
- companies: [IBA (Ion Beam Applications)](https://onco.cc/companies/iba/), [UNICANCER](https://onco.cc/companies/unicancer/)
- people: [Emmanuel Barranger](https://onco.cc/people/emmanuel-barranger/), [Joël Guigay](https://onco.cc/people/joel-guigay/)

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