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99% Uptime at Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center

01/02/2019
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Proton therapy center
IMPT

The Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, the advanced cancer care center, has offered proton therapy treatments to patients using IBA’s Proteus®PLUS...

Risk of secondary malignant neoplasms in children following proton therapy vs. photon therapy for primary CNS tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

15/11/2022
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This systematic review included 24 studies for analysis in order to compare the incidence of SMNs after proton and photon-based radiation for pediatric CNS...

Proton and carbon ion beam treatment with active raster scanning method in 147 patients with skull base chordoma at the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center-a single-center experience.

15/11/2022
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Survival

This study from the Heidelberg group compared the results of 111 skull-base chordoma patients treated with carbon ion of 66 GyRBE and 36 patients treated with...

Particle beam therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

15/11/2022
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Survival

This is a systematic review on particle beam including proton and carbon ion therapy for primary or recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Twenty-six eligible...

Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy.

15/11/2022
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Survival

This retrospective study evaluated 22 patients with thyroid cancer treated with PBT to a total dose of 60 GyRBE adjuvantly and 70 GyRBE for gross disease. With...

Systematic Review for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold in Proton Therapy for Mediastinal Lymphoma: A PTCOG Lymphoma Subcommittee Report and Recommendations.

15/11/2022
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IMPT
IMRT

Published in the Green Journal, the PTCOG lymphoma subcommittee conducted a systematic review on available dosimetric studies comparing IMPT free breathing (FB)...

High-dose Intensity-modulated proton therapy versus Standard-dose Intensity-modulated RadIation therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (HI-SIRI): study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.

15/11/2022
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IMPT
IMRT

This is a study protocol details a randomized trial taking place in Thailand with multiple centers comparing IMPT and IMRT for stage II–IVA squamous thoracic...

Proton Beam Therapy for Esophageal Cancer.

15/11/2022
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Clinical Trial

A latest review examined the existing of PBT for locally advanced esophageal cancer, including dosimetric comparative studies, early clinical outcome...

Hypofractionated proton therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: Ready for prime time? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

15/11/2022
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Hypofractionation

This systematic review evaluated eight studies and 401 patients with early stage NSCLC treated with hypofractionated PBT to a median total dose of 63 Gy(RBE)...

Cardiopulmonary Toxicity Following Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

15/11/2022
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IMPT
IMRT

163 consecutively treated patients with biopsy-proven, stage III NSCLC who received IMPT (n = 35, 21%) or IMRT (n = 128, 79%) were analyzed in this study...