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Proton beam therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus.

11/11/2019
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Toxicity

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus (IVCTT) is rare and regarded as an advanced disease stage with a poor prognosis. This...

Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma Treated With Proton Beam Therapy.

11/11/2019
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Toxicity
Survival
Chemotherapy

This study from Taiwan retrospectively examined 30 patients with unresectable CC who were treated with PBT to a total dose of 72.6 GyRBE. The 1-year local...

Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Unresectable/Locally Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

11/12/2019
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Hypofractionation
Survival

This study by MGH retrospectively analyzed 66 patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) who were treated with hypofractionated proton (32...

Comparative Effectiveness of Proton vs Photon Therapy as Part of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Cancer.

11/11/2019
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Chemotherapy
Survival

Published in JAMA, the paper by the UPenn group accessed PBT side effects in the concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced cancer setting. 1483 adult...

Hadrontherapy for cancer. An overview of HTA reports and ongoing studies

12/12/2019
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Secondary cancer

Hadron therapy often refers to proton therapy (PBT) and carbon ion therapy (CIRT) are not new technologies, but have been subject to assessment by several...

Design, Implementation, and in Vivo Validation of a Novel Proton FLASH Radiation Therapy System.

01/02/2020
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FLASH Therapy

Published in the Red Journal by the UPenn group, this paper reported the effect of FLASH proton versus standard dose rate PRT on tumors and normal tissues in...

Trends, Quality, and Readability of Online Health Resources on Proton Radiotherapy

01/01/2020
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Published in the Red Journal, this study examined the quality and readability of the Internet for online health resources (OHR) about proton radiotherapy (PRT)...

Insurance Coverage for Adjuvant Proton Therapy in the Definitive Treatment of Breast Cancer

10/10/2019
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Published by the Jacksonville group, this study set to determine factors that influence insurance approval for breast cancer patients for whom adjuvant proton...

A population-based assessment of proton beam therapy utilization in California.

01/02/2020
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Based on data from California Cancer Registry, this study reported that of the 2,499,510 people with a cancer diagnosis during the study period, 578,632 (23%)...

Practice Parameter for the Performance of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy.

01/03/2020
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Published in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology, The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have...