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Establishing cost-effective allocation of proton therapy for patients with mediastinal Hodgkin lymphoma

08/08/2021
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Dosimetry
IMRT

A health-economic study by the Jacksonville group. This study utilized (1) patient-level dosimetric information for a cost-effectiveness analysis using a Markov...

Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer.

03/03/2020
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IMRT
IMPT

Published in JCO (Journal of Clinical Oncology), this randomized trial compared total toxicity burden (TTB) and progression-free survival (PFS) between PBT and...

Secondary Malignancy Risk Following Proton vs. X-ray Treatment of Mediastinal Malignant Lymphoma: A Comparative Modeling Study of Thoracic Organ-Specific Cancer Risk.

10/10/2020
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IMRT
Secondary cancer

This study estimated secondary cancer risks for 23 mediastinal lymphoma patients treated with PBT in comparison with helical photon IMRT re-plans. PBT was...

Current and emerging radiotherapy strategies for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

08/08/2018
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IMRT

A review article by MD Anderson examined the available outcome data of IMRT, SBRT and proton and carbon ion therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer, and...

Cost effectiveness of prostate cancer radiotherapy.

08/06/2018
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IMRT
Hypofractionation

This review article by Konski A, examined the data of cost-effectiveness analyses of various radiotherapy modalities including 3DCRT, IMRT, hypofractionated RT...

Lymphocyte-Sparing Effect of Proton Therapy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation.

08/08/2018
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IMRT
Chemotherapy

This MD Anderson study compared IMRT and PBT chemoradiation for esophageal cancer. Patients who had IMRT and PBT matched by propensity score (n = 220) were not...

Systematic Review for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold in Proton Therapy for Mediastinal Lymphoma: A PTCOG Lymphoma Subcommittee Report and Recommendations.

15/11/2022
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IMPT
IMRT

Published in the Green Journal, the PTCOG lymphoma subcommittee conducted a systematic review on available dosimetric studies comparing IMPT free breathing (FB)...

Proton beam therapy in rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

16/09/2021
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IMRT
Dosimetry

This review article examined eight original studies with a total of 127 patients. There was significantly less irradiated small bowel with PBT compared to 3DCRT...

Hematologic Toxicity Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Anal Cancer Patients.

16/06/2022
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IMRT
IMPT
Dosimetry

This study compared hematologic toxicity in 41 anal cancer patients treated with IMPT (n=14) or IMRT (n=27). This study found all pelvic bone marrow dose...