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Dose distribution of intensity-modulated proton therapy with and without a multi-leaf collimator for the treatment of maxillary sinus cancer: a comparative effectiveness study.

11/11/2019
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS
IMPT

Using collimation can sharpen the penumbra towards surrounding normal tissue in the low energy region of the proton beam, this study from Japan thus examined...

Incorporating NTCP into Randomized Trials of Proton Versus Photon Therapy.

11/03/2019
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This study proposed and simulated a model-based methodology to incorporate heterogeneous treatment benefit of proton therapy versus photon therapy into...

Proton beam therapy - perspectives on the National Health Service England clinical service and research programme.

01/01/2021
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Proton therapy center

A review on proton therapy situation in the UK. Since the first proton therapy center opening in Manchester in 2018, by September 2019, 108 patients had started...

A systematic review of health economic evaluations of proton beam therapy for adult cancer: Appraising methodology and quality.

31/10/2019
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This review appraised the cost-utility analyses (CUAs) in terms of the methodology and quality for proton therapy. Having identified seven PBT CUA studies in...

Outcomes following proton therapy for Ewing sarcoma of the cranium and skull base.

17/11/2019
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Secondary cancer

This study by the University of Florida, Jacksonville, reviewed 25 patients (≤21 years old) with nonmetastatic Ewing sarcoma of the cranium and skull base...

Superior Intellectual Outcomes After Proton Radiotherapy Compared With Photon Radiotherapy for Pediatric Medulloblastoma.

11/11/2019
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Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, this multi-center study compared the intellectual trajectories between pediatric patients treated for...

Clinical Outcomes of Recurrent Intracranial Meningiomas Treated with Proton Beam Reirradiation.

11/05/2019
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Reirradiation
Toxicity
Survival

This is a retrospective analysis of 16 patients who received PBRT reRT for recurrent meningiomas. The median PBRT dose was 60 Gy(RBE) and the median follow-up...

Proton beam therapy delivered using pencil beam scanning vs. passive scattering/uniform scanning for localized prostate cancer: Comparative toxicity analysis of PCG 001-09.

11/08/2019
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS
Toxicity

This study compared PBS toxicity rates with those of passive scattering/uniform scanning (PS/US) in a prospective multicenter registry. For low-to-intermediate...

MRI-based IMPT planning for prostate cancer.

11/11/2019
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IMPT

Published in the Green Journal, this study led by MGH aimed to quantify the clinical applicability of converted MR images as a substitute of CT for IMPT...

Hypofractionated Proton Therapy in Early Prostate Cancer: Results of a Phase I/II Trial at Loma Linda University.

11/08/2019
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Hypofractionation

A cohort of 146 patients with low-risk prostate cancer were treated to 60 Gy (cobalt Gy equivalent) of proton therapy (20 fractions of 3.0 Gy per fraction) in 4...