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Patterns of failure following proton beam therapy for head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

03/02/2019
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Chemotherapy

A MD Anderson study published in the Green Journal reported on the patterns of failure following proton beam therapy (PBT) for pediatric H&N RMS. 46 patients...

Increased distance from a treating proton center is associated with diminished ability to follow patients enrolled on a multicenter radiation oncology registry.

03/01/2019
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A paper by MGH published in the Green Journal evaluated the factors that affect maximum follow-up time among MGH Pediatric Proton Consortium Registry (PPCR)...

Efficacy of PT in children with high-risk and locally recurrent neuroblastoma.

03/05/2019
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Eighteen patients with high-risk (n = 16) and locally recurrent neuroblastoma (n = 2) were treated with proton therapy. With a median follow-up of 60.2 months...

What Conditions Make PBT Financially Viable in Western Canada?

11/11/2018
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This is a business case and concluded the potential for a financially viable PBT facility in Western Canada. A single-vault, compact PBT unit operating 10 hours...

Increased Risk of Pseudoprogression among Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Patients Treated with Proton vs Photon Radiotherapy.

01/01/2019
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IMRT

Pseudoprogression (PsP) is a recognized phenomenon after radiotherapy (RT) for glioma. This study evaluated 83 pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) patients treated...

Proton beam therapy for cancer in the era of precision medicine.

11/12/2018
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Dosimetry
Reirradiation

A general review on PBT inlcuding dosimetric advantage, clinical data on PBT for ocular tumor, skull base, paraspinal tumors (chondrosarcoma and chordoma), and...

Patterns of PT use in pediatric cancer management in 2016

11/11/2018
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

Published in the Green Journal, this survey study presented the data from 40 participating centers (participation rate: 74%), a total of 1,860 patients treated...

Hypothyroidism after craniospinal irradiation with PT or photon therapy in patients with medulloblastoma.

11/12/2018
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This study reviewed ninety-five patients (54 XRT and 41 PRT) treated with craniospinal irradiation (CSI) who had baseline and yearly follow-up for thyroid...

Radiation for ETMR: LR and case series of patients treated with PT.

11/11/2018
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Survival

Embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (ETMRs) are aggressive tumors that typically occur in young children. This study reported the outcomes of seven...

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...