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Activity-Based Costing of Intensity-Modulated Proton versus Photon Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer
This study used clinicopathologic factors to match 25 patients with OPC who received IMPT and 25 patients with OPC treated with IMRT. Process maps were created...
Comparative analysis of acute toxicities and patient reported outcomes between intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer.
This study compared 46 IMPT and 259 VMAT patients acute toxicities and reported that IMPT was associated with lower PEG-tube placement (p = 0.001) and less...
Proton therapy following induction chemotherapy for pediatric and adolescent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
A study by the Jacksonville group. Seventeen patients with nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma underwent double-scattered proton therapy. With the median...
TORPEdO - Phase III Trial of IMPT Vs IMRT for Multi-toxicity Reduction in Oropharyngeal Cancer.
This is the UK's first proton clinical trial. Published in the Clinical Oncology, this editorial provided the rational and the plan of the trial. It is a...
PBT in Combination with Intra-Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for T4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Maxillary Gingiva.
A retrospective study by Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Japan, analyzed 30 patients with T4 squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary gingiva treated...
PBRT associated with a lower opioid pain requirement and a lower rate of gastrostomy tube dependence
A matched analysis compared PBRT and IMRT for nasopharynx and paranasal sinus cancers with concurrent chemotherapy, reported that PBRT was associated with a...