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FLASH Radiotherapy: Current Knowledge and Future Insights Using Proton-Beam Therapy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
FLASH radiotherapy is the delivery of ultra-high dose rate radiation several orders of magnitude higher than what is currently used in conventional clinical radiotherapy, and has the potential to revolutionize the future of cancer treatment.
J. Hughes, J. Parsons
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Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2023
Purpose: To discuss the role of proton beam therapy (PBT) in the treatment of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). Materials and Methods: A review of the pertinent literature. Results: Proton beam therapy likely results in reduced
William M. Mendenhall, MD, Jonathan J. Beitler, MD, MBA, Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP, Ashok R. Shaha, MD, FACS, Sandra Nuyts, MD, PhD, Primož Strojan, MD, Heleen Bollen, MD, Oded Cohen, MD, Robert Smee, MD, Sweet Ping Ng, MD, Avraham Eisbruch, MD, Wai Tong Ng, MD, Jessica M. Kirwan, MA, Alfio Ferlito, MD, DLO, DPath, FRCSEd ad hominem, FRCS (Eng, Glasg, Ir) ad eundem, FDSRCS ad eundem, FACS, FHKCORL, FRCPath, FASCP, IFCAP   +13 more
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Two-Year Toxicity and Efficacy of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Single-Centered Study

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundWe aimed at determining the safety and feasibility of spot-scanning carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) for patients with localized prostate cancer.MethodsWe enrolled 118 patients with localized prostate cancer who underwent treatment with spot ...
Ping Li, Ping Li, Ping Li, Zhengshan Hong, Zhengshan Hong, Zhengshan Hong, Yongqiang Li, Yongqiang Li, Yongqiang Li, Shen Fu, Shen Fu, Qing Zhang, Qing Zhang, Qing Zhang   +13 more
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Proton beam therapy for extrahepatic biliary tract cancer: Analysis with prospective multi-institutional patients’ registration database, Proton-Net

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2023
Background and purpose: To examine the role of proton beam therapy (PBT) in the treatment of extrahepatic biliary tract cancer (EBC). Methods and materials: We analyzed the data accumulated in the Proton-Net database, which prospectively registered all ...
Hideya Yamazaki, Kei Shibuya, Takuya Kimoto, Motohisa Suzuki, Masao Murakami, Kazuki Terashima, Tomoaki Okimoto, Takashi Iizumi, Hideyuki Sakurai, Masaru Wakatsuki, Osamu Suzuki, Norio Katoh, Takeshi Arimura, Takashi Ogino, Masaru Takagi, Masayuki Araya, Takahiro Waki, Sae Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ogino, Takumi Fukumoto, Masayuki Ohtsuka   +20 more
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Phase II Study of Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Background: Proton beam has an excellent depth dose distribution due to its unique physical properties, and thus proton beam therapy (PBT) has been tried and showed promising outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Tae Hyun Kim, Joong-Won Park, B. Kim, E. Oh, S. H. Youn, S. Moon, Sang Soo Kim, S. Woo, Y. Koh, Woojin Lee, D. Kim   +10 more
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Radiation Induced Cavernomas in the Treatment of Pediatric Medulloblastoma: Comparative Study Between Proton and Photon Radiation Therapy

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Radiation induced cavernomas among children with medulloblastoma are common following external beam radiation (XRT) treatment with either photon or proton beams.
S. Joy Trybula, Mark W. Youngblood, Hanna R. Kemeny, Jeffrey R. Clark, Constantine L. Karras, William F. Hartsell, William F. Hartsell, Tadanori Tomita   +7 more
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Feasibility Study of a Proton Irradiation Facility for Radiobiological Measurements at an 18 MeV Cyclotron [PDF]

, 2018
A feasibility study of an experimental setup for the irradiation of biological samples at the cyclotron facility installed at the National Centre of Accelerators (Seville, Spain) is presented.
Baratto Roldán, Anna, Battaglia, Maria Cristina, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Espino Navas, José Manuel, Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel, García López, Francisco Javier, Jiménez Ramos, María del Carmen   +6 more
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Proton beam therapy is a safe and effective treatment in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Background There are many elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, there are currently few articles regarding the clinical outcome following proton beam therapy in these patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate
Takashi Ono, Hitoshi Wada, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyasu Tamamura, Sunao Tokumaru   +4 more
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Simultaneous integrated boost and protection proton beam therapy approach for hepatocellular carcinoma. [PDF]

Clin Transl Radiat Oncol
Thonglert K, Greer MD, Schaub SK, Bowen SR, Menghini AM, Nyflot MJ, Grassberger C, Tsai J, Zaki P, Kim EY, Wong T, Apisarnthanarax S.   +11 more
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Proton-counting radiography for proton therapy: a proof of principle using CMOS APS technology [PDF]

, 2014
Despite the early recognition of the potential of proton imaging to assist proton therapy (Cormack 1963 J. Appl. Phys. 34 2722), the modality is still removed from clinical practice, with various approaches in development. For proton-counting radiography
D J Parker, Esposito M, Evans P M, Ferrari A, G Poludniowski, Goethals P-E, J Nieto-Camero, Leroy C, M Esposito, N M Allinson, P M Evans, Paganetti H, Rinaldi I, S Green, S Manolopoulos, T Anaxagoras, T Price, Vlachoudis V, Yang M, Yohannes I   +19 more
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