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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...
PTCOG Head and Neck Subcommittee Consensus Guidelines on Particle Therapy for the Management of Head and Neck Tumors
This guideline reviews examined proton therapy for nasopharynx, reirradiation, sinonasal, postoperative and oropharynx and made recommendations. Proton therapy...
Secondary Malignancy Risk Following Proton vs. X-ray Treatment of Mediastinal Malignant Lymphoma: A Comparative Modeling Study of Thoracic Organ-Specific Cancer Risk.
This study estimated secondary cancer risks for 23 mediastinal lymphoma patients treated with PBT in comparison with helical photon IMRT re-plans. PBT was...
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...
Endoscopic Resection Followed by Proton Therapy With Pencil Beam Scanning for Skull Base Tumors.
A study by MSKCC compared PBS and IMRT radiation plans in the preoperative and postoperative settings for two patients with advanced skull base tumors following...
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...