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Osteoradionecrosis in Pediatric Patients Treated with Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Malignancies.

December 2024
Executive summary

This retrospective analysis from MD Anderson included 117 pediatric patients treated with proton therapy for head and neck cancers among which the most common histology was rhabdomyosarcoma (46%), and the most common involved sites were the parameningeal sites (44%) and the orbit (32%). This study reported two (1.7%) patients who developed osteoradionecrosis.

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Pediatric
Head and neck

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