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A Systematic Review of Proton Therapy for the Management of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

08/06/2021
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IMRT
Survival

This review examined 9 original studies and found that the oncologic outcomes of PBT were similar to IMRT with 2-year local and regional progression-free...

Activity-Based Costing of Intensity-Modulated Proton versus Photon Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer

08/06/2021
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IMPT
IMRT
Chemotherapy

This study used clinicopathologic factors to match 25 patients with OPC who received IMPT and 25 patients with OPC treated with IMRT. Process maps were created...

PTCOG Head and Neck Subcommittee Consensus Guidelines on Particle Therapy for the Management of Head and Neck Tumors

08/06/2021
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Reirradiation
IMRT
Clinical Trial

This guideline reviews examined proton therapy for nasopharynx, reirradiation, sinonasal, postoperative and oropharynx and made recommendations. Proton therapy...

TORPEdO - Phase III Trial of IMPT Vs IMRT for Multi-toxicity Reduction in Oropharyngeal Cancer.

07/10/2019
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IMPT
Chemotherapy
IMRT

This is the UK's first proton clinical trial. Published in the Clinical Oncology, this editorial provided the rational and the plan of the trial. It is a...

IMPT - The future of IMRT for head and neck cancer.

01/01/2019
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IMRT
Dosimetry
Imaging System
Reirradiation

A review article looked at the development of RT advances. There is a growing awareness of the potential clinical benefits of proton therapy over IMRT in the...

Adopting Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques in the Treatment of Paediatric Extracranial Malignancies

11/10/2018
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IMRT
IMPT

A review article examined reports on pediatric organ motion, in anticipation of the increasing application of advanced radiotherapy techniques in pediatric...

Endoscopic Resection Followed by Proton Therapy With Pencil Beam Scanning for Skull Base Tumors.

08/08/2018
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IMRT
Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

A study by MSKCC compared PBS and IMRT radiation plans in the preoperative and postoperative settings for two patients with advanced skull base tumors following...

Proton therapy significantly reduced toxicity compared with IMRT

08/02/2016
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Toxicity
Dosimetry
IMRT

A retrospective study reported that proton therapy significantly reduced toxicity compared with IMRT for head and neck tumors. The toxicity outcome confirm the...

PBRT associated with a lower opioid pain requirement and a lower rate of gastrostomy tube dependence

02/02/2016
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Chemotherapy
IMRT
Chemotherapy

A matched analysis compared PBRT and IMRT for nasopharynx and paranasal sinus cancers with concurrent chemotherapy, reported that PBRT was associated with a...

Intensity-modulated proton radiation therapy as a radical treatment modality for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China: A cost-effectiveness analysis.

26/11/2021
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IMPT
IMRT

This is a cost-effectiveness study from China. A Markov model is used with the assumption that IMPT offered NTCP reduction in long-term dysphagia, xerostomia...