Clinical results of proton beam therapy for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Radiation Oncology, 2018 Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively the efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy for elderly patients (≥80 years of age) with non-small cell lung cancer.
Takashi Ono +9 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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New developments in the experimental data for charged particle production of medical radioisotopes [PDF]
, 2015 The goal of the present work is to give a review of developments achieved experimentally in the field of nuclear data for medically important radioisotopes in the last three years.
Ditrói, F. +3 more
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Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults with Head and Neck Sarcomas [PDF]
International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2023 Purpose: To assess clinical outcomes of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with head and neck sarcomas (HNSs) treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBSPT) and to report quality of life (QoL). Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight AYAs (aged 15
Miriam Vázquez, MD +8 more
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Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma. [PDF]
, 2013 Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma is a surgical complication with significant morbidity to the vision and eye. Few reports in the literature have addressed this complication exclusively.
Chang, Melinda Y, McCannel, Tara A
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Proton beam therapy in the management of skull base chordomas: systematic review of indications, outcomes, and implications for neurosurgeons [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Chordomas are rare tumours affecting the skull base. There is currently no clear consensus on the post-surgical radiation treatments that should be used after maximal tumour resection.
Choi, D, Matloob, SA, Nasir, HA
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, 2017 Given the sensitivity of proton therapy to anatomical variations, this cancer treatment modality is expected to benefit greatly from integration with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
Bussmann, Michael +5 more
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Clinical consequences of relative biological effectiveness variations in proton radiotherapy of the prostate, brain and liver [PDF]
, 2013 Proton relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is known to depend on the (alpha/beta)(x) of irradiated tissues, with evidence of similar to 60% variation over (alpha/beta)(x) values from 1-10 Gy.
Carabe, Alejandro +3 more
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, 2018 In a cyclotron-based proton therapy facility, the energy changes are performed by means of a degrader of variable thickness. The interaction of the proton beam with the degrader creates energy tails and increases the beam emittance.
Adelmann, A. +5 more
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Treatment planning optimisation in proton therapy [PDF]
, 2013 The goal of radiotherapy is to achieve uniform target coverage while sparing normal tissue. In proton therapy, the same sources of geometric uncertainty are present as in conventional radiotherapy.
Burnet, NG, Lomax, AJ, McGowan, SE
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