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Dose Deintensified 3-Day Photon, Proton, or Brachytherapy: A Nonrandomized Controlled Partial Breast Irradiation Trial.

05/11/2024
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Published in the Red Journal, this study from the Mayo Clinic group reported outcomes of a de-intensified 21.9 Gy in 3 fractions partial breast irradiation (PBI...

Reducing Radiation Dermatitis for PBS Proton Therapy Breast Cancer Patients Using SpotDelete.

05/11/2024
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

This study investigated a technique of eliminating proton spots (SpotDelete) in the 0.5 cm skin rind when using PBS PT for breast cancer. In the SpotDelete...

PTCOG international survey of practice patterns and trends in utilization of proton therapy for breast cancer.

05/11/2024
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This is a survey study assessing PBT utilization patterns for breast cancer. Of 79 surveys distributed, 28 recipients submitted responses (35 % response rate)...

Proton therapy for breast cancer: Reducing toxicity.

05/11/2024
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This is a review on toxicity reduction of proton therapy for breast cancer including cardiac toxicity, secondary cancer and radiation pneumonitis. It has been...

Impact of Pre-pectoral Implant Placement and Radiation Modalities (Protons/Photons) in Mastectomy Patients undergoing Immediate Direct-to-Implant Breast Reconstruction.

27/02/2025
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Published in the Red Journal, this study from MGH analyzed 392 patients who underwent mastectomy and reconstruction followed by postmastectomy radiotherapy...

Proton Reirradiation for Locoregionally Recurrent Breast Cancer

08/05/2021
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Reirradiation

A study by UPenn and Sloan Kettering. This study reviewed outcomes of the 27 patients with a history of prior radiation and treated with proton therapy for...

Proton therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: the road ahead.

11/09/2019
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This latest review article examined the up-to-date clinical data of PBT for both early stage and locally advanced stage NSCLC. In particular, this review...

Clinical outcomes and toxicity of proton beam radiation therapy for re-irradiation of locally recurrent breast cancer.

11/10/2019
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Reirradiation

This retrospective study analyzing 16 patients with locally recurrent breast cancer who underwent re-irradiation to the chest wall with PBT to the median dose...

Insurance Coverage for Adjuvant Proton Therapy in the Definitive Treatment of Breast Cancer

10/10/2019
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Published by the Jacksonville group, this study set to determine factors that influence insurance approval for breast cancer patients for whom adjuvant proton...

A population-based assessment of proton beam therapy utilization in California.

01/02/2020
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Based on data from California Cancer Registry, this study reported that of the 2,499,510 people with a cancer diagnosis during the study period, 578,632 (23%)...