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Future technological developments in proton therapy - A predicted technological breakthrough

08/07/2021
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ARC therapy
Pencil beam scanning
Head and neck
Flash Proton Therapy
Flash Irradiation

This article presents an overview of on-going technical developments and innovations that the authors felt most important today, as well as those that have the...

DynamicARC® – Overview

18/10/2021
/ Training
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ARC therapy
Rotating gantry
Dynamic irradiation
Pencil beam scanning
IBA is developing a novel proton therapy delivery technique called DynamicARC®. This technique allows dynamic irradiation while the gantry is rotating. It...

Dose distribution of intensity-modulated proton therapy with and without a multi-leaf collimator for the treatment of maxillary sinus cancer: a comparative effectiveness study.

11/11/2019
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Pencil beam scanning
IMPT
Sinonasal
Eye
Head and neck

Using collimation can sharpen the penumbra towards surrounding normal tissue in the low energy region of the proton beam, this study from Japan thus examined...

Proton beam therapy delivered using pencil beam scanning vs. passive scattering/uniform scanning for localized prostate cancer: Comparative toxicity analysis of PCG 001-09.

11/08/2019
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Prostate
Pencil beam scanning
Toxicity
Genitourinary

This study compared PBS toxicity rates with those of passive scattering/uniform scanning (PS/US) in a prospective multicenter registry. For low-to-intermediate...

Patient Reported Outcomes Following Proton Pencil Beam Scanning vs. Passive Scatter/Uniform Scanning for Localized Prostate Cancer: Secondary Analysis of PCG 001-09.

03/03/2020
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Prostate
Genitourinary
Passive scattering
Oncology
Pencil beam scanning

This study evaluated PROs with the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) instrument for men with localized PC enrolled in PCG 001-09 (NCT01255748)...

Extreme hypofractionated proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer using pencil beam scanning: Dosimetry, acute toxicity and preliminary results.

07/09/2019
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Prostate
Hypofractionation
Pencil beam scanning
Gastrointestinal
Genitourinary

A study by the research group in Prague. Two hundred patients with early-stage prostate cancer were treated with IMPT on extreme hypofractionated schedule (36...

Quantification of Acute Skin Toxicities in Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Proton vs Photon Radiation Therapy

02/04/2019
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Breast
Dermatitis
Pencil beam scanning

Published in the Red Journal, the study by University of Maryland examined the acute skin toxicity in the form of radiation dermatitis (RD) or skin...

Clinical IMPT for Hodgkin lymphoma: which patients benefit the most?

01/01/2019
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Lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Pencil beam scanning

21 HL patients treated with deep inspiration breath-hold pencil-beam scanning (PBS) PT. Normal tissue radiation doses were calculated and compared to doses from...

Patterns of PT use in pediatric cancer management in 2016

11/11/2018
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Pediatric
Neuroblastoma
Pencil beam scanning

Published in the Green Journal, this survey study presented the data from 40 participating centers (participation rate: 74%), a total of 1,860 patients treated...

Endoscopic Resection Followed by Proton Therapy With Pencil Beam Scanning for Skull Base Tumors.

08/08/2018
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Head and neck
IMRT
Endoscopic Resection
Pencil beam scanning

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...