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Proton therapy for central nervous system tumors in children.

04/04/2018
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A systematic review conducted by John Hopkin and MGH. It highlighted the capability of protons to decrease radiation exposure for children is regarded as an...

Meta-analysis of the incidence and patterns of second neoplasms (SNs) after photon craniospinal irradiation (CSI) in children with medulloblastoma (MB).

04/04/2018
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This meta-analysis reported that the 10-year cumulative incidence was 6.1% for all SNs, including 3.1% for SBNs (benign) and 3.7% for SMNs (malignant), with a...

Risk of Radiation Vasculopathy and Stroke in Pediatric Patients Treated With PT for Brain and Skull Base Tumors.

04/03/2018
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To examine the rate of and identify risk factors for vasculopathy after proton therapy in pediatric patients with central nervous system and skull base tumors...

Supine craniospinal irradiation in pediatric patients by proton pencil beam scanning.

03/03/2017
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

Published in the Green Journal by the Trento group in Italy, this paper reported methods and techniques for performing PBS CSI effectively.

Special methods...

Patterns of care in proton therapy for children.

01/09/2016
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Published in the Red Journal, this paper examined patterns of treatments received for pediatric patients with primary CNS malignancies.

The authors pointed out...

Cost effectiveness

01/02/2016
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PT101

A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of proton therapy found that proton therapy was a cost-effective option for several pediatric brain tumors...

QoL and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following PT.

04/04/2018
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Quality of life

This systematic review reported that PBT provides favorable QOL/PRO profiles for select brain, head/neck, lung, and pediatric cancers; measures for prostate and...

Acute Hematological Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors

28/10/2021
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A study by the Samsung Medical Center group, Korea. In this study 66 pediatric brain tumor patients who received either proton beam craniospinal irradiation...

Comparison of hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency in children with medulloblastoma

28/10/2021
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This study compared the incidence of hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency (GHD), and adrenal insufficiency (AI) in patients with medulloblastoma following...

Bicentric Treatment Outcomes following PT for Non-Myxopapillary High-Grade Spinal Cord Ependymoma in Children

28/09/2021
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Secondary cancer

A study by the Jacksonville and the MGH groups published in the Red Journal reporting the experience of these two centers in treating pediatric ependymoma of...