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Comparison of supine or prone crawl photon or proton breast and regional lymph node radiation therapy including the internal mammary chain.

03/03/2019
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VMAT
IMPT

A planning study conducted by a group of collective researchers in Europe. For six left sided breast cancer patients, treatment plans were made using non...

Quantification of Acute Skin Toxicities in Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Proton vs Photon Radiation Therapy

02/04/2019
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

Published in the Red Journal, the study by University of Maryland examined the acute skin toxicity in the form of radiation dermatitis (RD) or skin...

Post-mastectomy IMPT after immediate breast reconstruction

03/06/2019
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Hypofractionation

Published in the Green Journal, the Mayo Clinic group reported outcomes of 51 women among who 42 had bilateral reconstruction treated with unilateral IMPT...

Is PT a "Pro" for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.

01/01/2019
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Survival

With the national cancer database, a total of 724,492 patients were identified: 871 received PRT and 723,621 received non-PRT. The factors found to be...

Improved LT patient-reported health and well-being outcomes of early-stage breast cancer treated with partial breast PT.

11/11/2018
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Quality of life

This cross sectional survey study by Loma Linda University compared patient-reported QoL outcomes among women with stage 0-2 disease treated with lumpectomy...

Early outcomes of breast cancer patients treated with post-mastectomy uniform scanning PT.

11/11/2018
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Clinical Trial

Published in the Green Journal, this study by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer reported early outcomes of postmastectomy proton radiation including clinical...

Proton Therapy for Primary Breast Cancer.

08/06/2018
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Dosimetry
Clinical Trial

A review by Hug EB on PT for breast cancer. The author stated that in a small but significant percentage of patients requiring adjuvant radiotherapy for left...

Potential Morbidity Reduction with Proton Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer.

04/04/2018
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Dosimetry
Chemotherapy

A systematic review by MSKCC about the increasing emphasis on the mitigation of iatrogenic morbidity, with particular attention to heart and lung exposure in...

Proton therapy for locally advanced breast cancer: A systematic review of the literature.

11/11/2017
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IMPT

This systematic review reported that protons offered a better target coverage than photons, even compared with intensity modulation radiation therapy (including...

Establishing evidence-based indications for proton therapy.

10/11/2016
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Clinical Trial
PT101

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...