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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...

Clinical Outcomes of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity Score Analysis

08/07/2021
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Chemotherapy
IMRT

This study retrospectively reviewed 219 patients with stage III NSCLC who received definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy. 25 patients (11.4%) underwent PBSPT...

Scanning Beam Proton Therapy (SPT) Versus Photon IMRT for Stage III Lung Cancer: Comparison of Dosimetry, Toxicity, and Outcomes.

05/03/2020
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IMRT

This study reviewed dosimetric data and clinical outcomes of 64 stage III lung cancer patients treated with SPT (34) + IMRT (30). Mean dose to lung, heart, and...

Secondary Malignancy Risk Following Proton vs. X-ray Treatment of Mediastinal Malignant Lymphoma: A Comparative Modeling Study of Thoracic Organ-Specific Cancer Risk.

10/10/2020
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IMRT
Secondary cancer

This study estimated secondary cancer risks for 23 mediastinal lymphoma patients treated with PBT in comparison with helical photon IMRT re-plans. PBT was...

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...

Advanced radiation techniques for locally advanced NSCLC: IMRT and proton therapy.

08/08/2018
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IMPT
IMRT

This review article examined clinical outcomes data of IMRT and PBT for locally advanced NSCLC. This review pointed out that PBT is not considered the standard...