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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Particle Beam Therapy versus Photon Radiotherapy for Skull Base Chordoma: TRP-Chordoma 2024.

29/10/2024
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This analysis from Japan based on 30 selected studies reported higher 5-year progression-free survival with particle beam therapy compared to photon RT for...

Hypofractionated proton and carbon ion beam radiotherapy for sacrococcygeal chordoma (ISAC): An open label, randomized, stratified, phase II trial

29/10/2024
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. Published in the Green Journal, this study by the Heidelberg group reported treatment outcomes of 82 patients with inoperable or incompletely resected sacral...

The cochlear dose and the age at radiotherapy predict severe hearing loss after passive scattering proton therapy and cisplatin in children with medulloblastoma.

30/10/2024
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This study identified two risk factors associated with severe hearing loss (HL) in children with medulloblastoma treated with PSPT, which are patient age <7...

Proton Therapy in Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas of Children and Adolescents.

30/10/2024
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This review article examined limited clinical data of PBT for non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) in pediatric and young adult populations. The...

Late-onset lymphopenia during radiation is associated with an increased risk of tumor recurrence in newly diagnosed pediatric medulloblastoma.

30/10/2024
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This study included 79 with newly diagnosed medulloblastoma treated with craniospinal RT in order to evaluate  the effect of lymphopenia during RT. Eighty-three...

Possible association of dose rate and the development of late visual toxicity for patients with intracranial tumours treated with pencil beam scanned proton therapy.

30/10/2024
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This study reported two unusual optic nerve toxicities (CTCAE grade 3 and 4) in patients with meningioma treated with IMPT. For these two unexplained toxicity...

Proton versus photon adjuvant radiotherapy: a multicenter comparative evaluation of recurrence following spinal chordoma resection.

30/10/2024
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This study by the Mayo Clinic group compared recurrence in patients with chordomas who received proton versus photon radiotherapy following resection, by using...

Optimizing radiotherapy strategies for skull base chordoma: a comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic review of treatment modalities and outcomes.

30/10/2024
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This meta-analysis from Brazil included 32 studies that reported outcomes of different radiation modalities for skull base chordoma. The 5-year OS findings were...

Current Status and Future Directions of Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Carcinoma.

30/10/2024
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A narrative review by the CNAO group on safety and efficacy of PT compared to photon RT for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). For NPC...

Long-term outcomes after particle radiation therapy in patients with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma.

30/10/2024
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This study from China reported treatment results of 26 patients with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma (NACC) treated with IMPT. With a median follow-up...