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The Promise of Proton Beam Therapy for Oesophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review of Dosimetric and Clinical Outcomes.
Based on 32 publications, this review reported that significant benefits with PBT suggested by current literature in terms of toxicity reduction, especially in the postoperative period, with comparable survival outcomes to photon-RT. PBT seemed to reduce dose to organs at risk, especially lung and heart, although not for all reported parameters.