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Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer.

04/05/2018
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A systematic review by MSKCC summarized the published clinical research, and the authors believe that widespread adoption of proton therapy will elucidate the...

Protons vs Photons for Brain and Skull Base Tumors.

04/04/2018
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A systematic review summarizes the literature regarding the role of proton therapy compared to photon therapy in the treatment of adult brain and skull base...

National Cancer Institute Workshop on Proton Therapy for Children: Considerations Regarding Brainstem Injury.

04/05/2018
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Reports of brainstem necrosis after proton therapy have raised concerns over the potential biological differences among radiation modalities.

A workshop was...

Proton therapy for central nervous system tumors in children.

04/04/2018
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A systematic review conducted by John Hopkin and MGH. It highlighted the capability of protons to decrease radiation exposure for children is regarded as an...

Meta-analysis of the incidence and patterns of second neoplasms (SNs) after photon craniospinal irradiation (CSI) in children with medulloblastoma (MB).

04/04/2018
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This meta-analysis reported that the 10-year cumulative incidence was 6.1% for all SNs, including 3.1% for SBNs (benign) and 3.7% for SMNs (malignant), with a...

Risk of Radiation Vasculopathy and Stroke in Pediatric Patients Treated With PT for Brain and Skull Base Tumors.

04/03/2018
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To examine the rate of and identify risk factors for vasculopathy after proton therapy in pediatric patients with central nervous system and skull base tumors...

Proton therapy for locally advanced breast cancer: A systematic review of the literature.

11/11/2017
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IMPT

This systematic review reported that protons offered a better target coverage than photons, even compared with intensity modulation radiation therapy (including...

Minimal toxicity after PBT for prostate and pelvic nodal irradiationresults, proton collaborative group REG001-09 trial.

11/10/2017
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Toxicity

This PCG study evaluated toxicity outcomes for non-metastatic prostate cancer patients who received pelvic radiation therapy.

The study demonstrated PBT...

Acute toxicity of image-guided hypofractionated proton therapy for localized prostate cancer.

11/11/2017
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Hypofractionation

A study reported toxicity of 526 localized prostate cancer patients treated with proton therapy and demonstrated the safety of HFPT for localized PCa patients...

Severe lymphopenia during neoadjuvant chemoradiation for esophageal cancer.

11/12/2017
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Chemotherapy

Compared the relative risk of radiation-induced lymphopenia between IMRT and PBT in esophageal cancer (EC) patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation...