Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Breast cancer infrequently metastasizes to the sternum as solitary metastasis. We experienced successful treatment with proton beam therapy for a case of sternal metastasis of breast cancer.
Yojiro Ishikawa +8 more
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Proton tracking in a high-granularity Digital Tracking Calorimeter for proton CT purposes [PDF]
, 2017 Radiation therapy with protons as of today utilizes information from x-ray CT in order to estimate the proton stopping power of the traversed tissue in a patient.
Alme, J. +14 more
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022 The maximum dose delivery at the end of the beam range provides the main advantage of using proton therapy. The range of the proton beam, however, is subject to uncertainties, which limit the clinical benefits of proton therapy and, therefore, accurate ...
Sung Hun Kim +4 more
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Dosimetric comparison study between intensity modulated radiation therapy and three-dimensional conformal proton therapy for pelvic bone marrow sparing in the treatment of cervical cancer. [PDF]
, 2010 The objective was to compare intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with 3D conformal proton therapy (3DCPT) in the treatment of cervical cancer. In particular, each technique's ability to spare pelvic bone marrow (PBM) was of primary interest in ...
Huh, Soon N +7 more
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Proton therapy: the current status of the clinical evidences [PDF]
Precision and Future Medicine, 2019 Proton therapy has the potential advantages of better conformal planning and higher biological effect than photon therapy (X-ray) for targeting tumor tissues.
Dongryul Oh
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Monitoring of hadrontherapy treatments by means of charged particle detection [PDF]
, 2016 The interaction of the incoming beam radiation with the patient body in hadrontherapy treatments produces secondary charged and neutral particles, whose detection can be used for monitoring purposes and to perform an on-line check of beam particle ...
Battistoni, Giuseppe +22 more
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Proton Therapy: Technique of the Future to Treat Cancer Patients [PDF]
Al-Anbar Medical Journaltypes of cancer in many countries around the world. However, some countries never used proton beam therapy and do not have any center for it. One of these countries is Iraq. Although the advantages of proton beam therapy over photon beam therapy to treat
Amal Al-Yasiri, Nathan White
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Characterization of the proton pulsed beam at CMAM [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 In this paper, the technicalities performed to obtain a pulsed beam at the CMAM facility will be explained. The pulsed beam has been characterized with an 8 MeV proton beam, using an existing equipment at CMAM: two pairs of electrostatic plates (RASTER ...
Viñals S. +7 more
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Proton beam radiotherapy in the management of uveal melanoma: clinical experience in Scotland [PDF]
, 2008 <p>Aim: To evaluate proton-beam radiotherapy (PBRT) in the management of uveal melanoma in Scotland.</p> <p>Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken on all patients receiving PBRT for uveal melanoma (1994–2005).
Aziz, S. +4 more
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Proton beam therapy for a giant hepatic hemangioma: A case report and literature review
Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2021 Background: Hepatic hemangiomas are benign tumors with a favorable prognosis, but giant hepatic hemangiomas can cause abdominal symptoms and are indicated for treatment. Most cases are treated with surgery, but radiotherapy has also been used.
Shosei Shimizu +14 more
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