This study evaluated outcome of PBT for chordomas and chondrosarcomas. 20 adult patients with nonmetastatic chordomas of the skull base (n = 10), sacrum (n = 5)...

This is the first study that compares the outcomes of patients treated with photon based radiotherapy vs. proton based radiotherapy for patients with gliomas...

Patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) have a prolonged survival expectancy, therefore long-term side effects caused by radiotherapy is a concern. This...

With National Cancer Database, 73,073 adult patients with primary brain tumors treated with radiation were analyzed (n = 72,635 [99.4%] photon therapy, n = 438...

A review by University of Gothenburg, Sweden. After screening 601 publications, nine articles were deemed eligible for in-depth analysis. This review found that...

The German researchers from Dresden, Essen and Heidelberg together developed a NTCP model for acute side-effects including alopecia, scalp erythema, headache...

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

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...

An overview of current clinical trials of proton therapy published in the Red Journal. A total 122 ongoing trials with target enrolment of over 42,000 patients...

A study by the Samsung Medical Center group, Korea. In this study 66 pediatric brain tumor patients who received either proton beam craniospinal irradiation...