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Particle therapy for prostate cancer: past, present and future.

07/07/2019
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A review article by the Japanese researchers about the particle radiotherapy in comparison to photon-based radiation for prostate cancer. Due to a lack of...

A Comparison of Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life During Proton Versus Photon Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer.

07/07/2019
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Quality of life

This study by Mayo Clinic aimed to compare Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Esophagus (FACT-E) questionnaire changes during proton (PRT) or photon (XRT...

Clinical Results of Proton Beam Therapy for Esophageal Cancer

07/07/2019
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A large retrospective study of 202 patients (90 inoperable patients and 100 patients (49.5%) had stage III/IV cancer) who were treated with PBT in Japan. This...

The first prototype of spot-scanning proton arc treatment delivery.

03/05/2019
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ARC therapy
IMPT

Published in the Green Journal, the Beaumont group reported the first prototype of spot-scanning arc treatment (SPArc) delivery on IBA Proteus®One. The brain...

Comparison between patient-reported outcomes after enucleation and proton beam radiotherapy for uveal melanomas: a 2-year cohort study.

03/04/2019
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This study compared differential effects of enucleation and PBR on 115 uveal melanoma patients based on the patient-reported outcomes. This study found that PBR...

Are further studies needed to justify the use of proton therapy for paediatric cancers of the central nervous system?

03/01/2019
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A review article published in the Green Journal. Having analyzed the available data of PBT for paediatric cancers of the central nervous system (CNS), this...

Prospective, Longitudinal Comparison of Neurocognitive Change in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Treated with Proton Radiotherapy versus Surgery Only.

03/06/2019
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93 patients (22 proton CSI, 31 proton focal, and 40 surgery only) received annual neurocognitive evaluations for up to 6 years, including Full Scale IQ (FSIQ)...

Improved neuropsychological outcomes following proton therapy relative to x-ray therapy for pediatric brain tumor patients.

03/03/2019
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This study analyzed 125 children who received radiation (XRT or PRT) and had post-treatment neuropsychological evaluation including intelligence (IQ), attention...

Patterns of failure following proton beam therapy for head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

03/02/2019
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Chemotherapy

A MD Anderson study published in the Green Journal reported on the patterns of failure following proton beam therapy (PBT) for pediatric H&N RMS. 46 patients...

Increased distance from a treating proton center is associated with diminished ability to follow patients enrolled on a multicenter radiation oncology registry.

03/01/2019
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A paper by MGH published in the Green Journal evaluated the factors that affect maximum follow-up time among MGH Pediatric Proton Consortium Registry (PPCR)...