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Passively Scattered Proton Therapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer with Clinical Perineural Invasion

08/06/2021
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Toxicity

This study reviewed the outcomes of 26 patients who received definitive or postoperative proton therapy for nonmelanoma skin cancer with clinical perineural...

Oncologic Outcomes for Head and Neck Skin Malignancies Treated with Protons

08/06/2021
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IMPT

Radiation therapy (RT) is the standard treatment for patients with inoperable skin malignancies of the head and neck region (H&N), and as adjuvant treatment...

Trends and variations in utilization and costs of radiotherapy for prostate cancer: A SEER medicare analysis from 2007 through 2016

08/02/2021
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IMPT

Based on the SEER database, this study reported that for Medicare beneficiaries with a first-time diagnosis of prostate cancer, the utilization of IMRT, proton...

Clinical Outcomes of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity Score Analysis

08/07/2021
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Chemotherapy
IMRT

This study retrospectively reviewed 219 patients with stage III NSCLC who received definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy. 25 patients (11.4%) underwent PBSPT...

Treatment outcomes of passive scattering proton beam therapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

08/08/2021
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Hypofractionation
Toxicity

A study by the NCC, Korea group. This study retrospectively analyzed 42 patients with stage I NSCLC treated with protos to an initial dose of 60 CGE in 4...

Proton Reirradiation for Locoregionally Recurrent Breast Cancer

08/05/2021
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Reirradiation

A study by UPenn and Sloan Kettering. This study reviewed outcomes of the 27 patients with a history of prior radiation and treated with proton therapy for...

Establishing cost-effective allocation of proton therapy for patients with mediastinal Hodgkin lymphoma

08/08/2021
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Dosimetry
IMRT

A health-economic study by the Jacksonville group. This study utilized (1) patient-level dosimetric information for a cost-effectiveness analysis using a Markov...

Current Situation of Proton Therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma: From Expectations to Evidence

08/07/2021
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Secondary cancer

Consolidative radiation therapy (RT) is of prime importance for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) management since it significantly increases progression-free...

Proton Radiotherapy to Reduce Late Complications in Childhood Head and Neck Cancers

08/06/2021
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Toxicity
Secondary cancer

Proton beam therapy is accepted as a preferred radiation modality in pediatric cancers to minimize the late radiation side effects. This review compared the...

Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Patients Following Brain Irradiation

08/07/2021
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Neurocognitive outcomes were evaluated in 103 pediatric brain tumor patients (proton RT n = 26, photon RT n = 30, surgery n = 47) before and after treatment...