Subtitle
Pediatric proton therapy
Subtitle
Pediatric proton therapy
Proto therapy Time
September 2019
Executive summary
A review article that emphasizes proton beam therapy is an important therapeutic component in multidisciplinary management in pediatric oncology because of reduction of radiation-related long-term side-effects and secondary malignancy.
This review evaluates current data from clinical and dosimetric studies on the treatment of tumors of the central nervous system, soft tissue and bone sarcomas of the head and neck region, paraspinal or pelvic region, and retinoblastoma.
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