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Proton therapy significantly reduced toxicity compared with IMRT

February 2016
Executive summary

A retrospective study reported that proton therapy significantly reduced toxicity compared with IMRT for head and neck tumors. The toxicity outcome confirm the dosimetry advantages of proton which resulted in significantly lower rates of grade 2 or above acute dysgeusia, mucositis and nausea.

Publication accessible via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26867969

Key content topics
Toxicity
Dosimetry
IMRT
Top cancer treatments
Head and neck

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