Back to life

«A few months after the proton treatment was over, I realised that I could see more and more. Just dimly, it's true, but I could see! That was sensational!» - More than a year ago, Gabi Meier* was treated with proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. Doctors had discovered a tumour behind her right eye that surrounded the optic nerve. Chemotherapy was unsuitable for this type of cancer. And surgery was not an option for this 68-year-old patient because the tumour adhered tightly to the nerve and was already well advanced. Only at the PSI was there a possibility to treat the tumour in such a way that neighbouring structures and the eye would be preserved. Mrs. Meier, you received your irradiation treatment at the PSI more than a year ago.