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Neurocognitive impairment following PT for paediatric brain tumour

10/10/2020
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In comparing cognitive changes after radiotherapy for pediatric brain tumors, this review reported significantly poorer cognitive outcome among patients treated...

Second tumor risk in children treated with proton therapy.

04/02/2021
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Secondary cancer

Published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, this study by the Jacksonville group evaluated the secondary tumor risk based on the data of 1713 children that underwent...

Proton therapy following induction chemotherapy for pediatric and adolescent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

07/09/2019
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Chemotherapy
Survival

A study by the Jacksonville group. Seventeen patients with nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma underwent double-scattered proton therapy. With the median...

Normal tissue complication probability models in plan evaluation of children with brain tumors referred to proton therapy.

07/07/2019
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VMAT

40 patients treated with PBT were selected for VMAT re-plan. The VMAT and delivered PT plans were compared by dose/volume metrics and NTCP models related to...

Patterns of failure and toxicity profile following proton beam therapy for pediatric bladder and prostate rhabdomyosarcoma (B/P-RMS).

07/08/2019
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Toxicity

This study reported outcomes of 19 patients of B/P-RMS treated with PBT. With a median follow-up of 66.2 months, 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression...

Outcome and patterns of relapse in childhood parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma treated with PBT.

07/08/2019
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Published in the Red Journal, the study by WPE reported outcomes of PBT for 46 pediatric patients with parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma (pRMS). Wit a median...

Practice patterns among radiation oncologists treating pediatric patients with proton craniospinal irradiation.

07/07/2019
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This survey study aimed to assess current practice patterns regarding the vertebral bodies (VB) coverage for pediatric patients undergoing CSI. With the 28...

Are further studies needed to justify the use of proton therapy for paediatric cancers of the central nervous system?

03/01/2019
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A review article published in the Green Journal. Having analyzed the available data of PBT for paediatric cancers of the central nervous system (CNS), this...

Prospective, Longitudinal Comparison of Neurocognitive Change in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Treated with Proton Radiotherapy versus Surgery Only.

03/06/2019
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93 patients (22 proton CSI, 31 proton focal, and 40 surgery only) received annual neurocognitive evaluations for up to 6 years, including Full Scale IQ (FSIQ)...

Improved neuropsychological outcomes following proton therapy relative to x-ray therapy for pediatric brain tumor patients.

03/03/2019
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This study analyzed 125 children who received radiation (XRT or PRT) and had post-treatment neuropsychological evaluation including intelligence (IQ), attention...