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Initial Experience with Proton Beam Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

08/06/2021
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IMPT

This study reported outcomes of 14 patients with recurrent, radioactive iodine (RAI) refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) treated with IMPT. At 8...

Activity-Based Costing of Intensity-Modulated Proton versus Photon Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer

08/06/2021
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IMPT
IMRT
Chemotherapy

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...

Intensity Modulated Proton Beam Therapy versus Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Patients with Nasopharyngeal Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Study

08/07/2021
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IMPT
VMAT

This study conducted a retrospective propensity score matching analysis (1:1) of 80 NPC patients treated with IMPT and VMAT. At a median follow-up time of 24.1...

Oncologic Outcomes for Head and Neck Skin Malignancies Treated with Protons

08/06/2021
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IMPT

Radiation therapy (RT) is the standard treatment for patients with inoperable skin malignancies of the head and neck region (H&N), and as adjuvant treatment...

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 - PBS
IMPT

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...

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.

03/03/2020
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IMPT
Chemotherapy
VMAT

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...

TORPEdO - Phase III Trial of IMPT Vs IMRT for Multi-toxicity Reduction in Oropharyngeal Cancer.

07/10/2019
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IMPT
Chemotherapy
IMRT

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...

Early clinical outcomes of helical tomotherapy/IMPT combination in nasopharynx cancer.

07/07/2019
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IMPT
Chemotherapy

A study from Korea evaluated the feasibility of combining helical Tomotherapy (HT) and intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) in treating patients with...

Adopting Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques in the Treatment of Paediatric Extracranial Malignancies

11/10/2018
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IMRT
IMPT

A review article examined reports on pediatric organ motion, in anticipation of the increasing application of advanced radiotherapy techniques in pediatric...

Radiation-Related Alterations of Taste Function in Patients With H&N Cancer.

11/11/2018
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IMPT

A review by MD Anderson group on patients' taste sensation after radiotherapy. This review pointed out that developing standardized tools for assessment of...