Particle beam therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2022 Background/purpose: A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to better understand the benefits of particle beam therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) treatment.
Wai Tong Ng +6 more
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Accelerators, Gantries, Magnets and Imaging Systems for Particle Beam Therapy: Recent Status and Prospects for Improvement [PDF]
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 The paper begins by emphasizing the clinical and commercial importance of proton or other charged particle such as carbon ion therapy, refers to the manufacturers of such systems of which more than 120 are installed or under construction worldwide by ...
Edward W. Collings +3 more
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A Critical Review of Radiation Therapy: From Particle Beam Therapy (Proton, Carbon, and BNCT) to Beyond. [PDF]
J Pers Med, 2021 In this paper, we discuss the role of particle therapy—a novel radiation therapy (RT) that has shown rapid progress and widespread use in recent years—in multidisciplinary treatment.
Matsumoto Y +4 more
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Feasibility of ultra-low-field MRI in an ion beam treatment room for online MR-guided particle therapy [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation OncologyBackground and purpose:: Online MR-guided particle therapy may improve beam delivery precision and treatment efficacy. Ultra-low-field (ULF) MRI may enable image guidance with minimal modification of existing facilities.
Julia Pfitzer +4 more
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Beam range uncertainty and its clinical management in particle therapy [PDF]
Visualized Cancer MedicineThe full theoretical advantages of particle beams in external beam radiotherapy have not been fully exploited, in large part due to uncertainties of the beam range in the patient.
Wang Yuxiang, Lu Hsiao-Ming
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Particle Beam Therapy versus Photon Radiotherapy for Skull Base Chordoma: TRP-Chordoma 2024. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel)Saito T +13 more
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Cells, 2023 The Runt-related transcription factor (RUNX) family, which is essential for the differentiation of cells of neural crest origin, also plays a potential role in neuroblastoma tumorigenesis. Consecutive studies in various tumor types have demonstrated that
Kiyohiro Ando, Akira Nakagawara
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Acceleration or Brakes: Which Is Rational for Cell Cycle-Targeting Neuroblastoma Therapy?
Biomolecules, 2021 Unrestrained proliferation is a common feature of malignant neoplasms. Targeting the cell cycle is a therapeutic strategy to prevent unlimited cell division.
Kiyohiro Ando, Akira Nakagawara
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A Beam Monitor for Ion Beam Therapy Based on HV-CMOS Pixel Detectors
Instruments, 2023 Particle therapy is a well established clinical treatment of tumors. More than one hundred particle therapy centers are in operation world-wide. The advantage of using hadrons like protons or carbon ions as particles for tumor irradiation is the distinct
Alexander Dierlamm +15 more
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The Majority of United States Citizens With Cancer do not Have Access to Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 As of December 31, 2020, there were 12 facilities located in Asia and Europe which were treating cancer patients with carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT). Between June 1994 and December 2020, 37,548 patients were treated with CIRT worldwide.
Robert L. Foote +9 more
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