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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...

Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer.

03/03/2020
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IMRT
IMPT

Published in JCO (Journal of Clinical Oncology), this randomized trial compared total toxicity burden (TTB) and progression-free survival (PFS) between PBT 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...

Current and emerging radiotherapy strategies for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

08/08/2018
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IMRT

A review article by MD Anderson examined the available outcome data of IMRT, SBRT and proton and carbon ion therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer, and...

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...