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Supine craniospinal irradiation in pediatric patients by proton pencil beam scanning.

03/03/2017
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Pencil Beam Scanning - PBS

Published in the Green Journal by the Trento group in Italy, this paper reported methods and techniques for performing PBS CSI effectively.

Special methods...

Patterns of care in proton therapy for children.

01/09/2016
/ Publications

Published in the Red Journal, this paper examined patterns of treatments received for pediatric patients with primary CNS malignancies.

The authors pointed out...

Cost effectiveness

01/02/2016
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PT101

A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of proton therapy found that proton therapy was a cost-effective option for several pediatric brain tumors...

QoL and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following PT.

04/04/2018
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Quality of life

This systematic review reported that PBT provides favorable QOL/PRO profiles for select brain, head/neck, lung, and pediatric cancers; measures for prostate and...

Acute Hematological Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors

28/10/2021
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A study by the Samsung Medical Center group, Korea. In this study 66 pediatric brain tumor patients who received either proton beam craniospinal irradiation...

Comparison of hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency in children with medulloblastoma

28/10/2021
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This study compared the incidence of hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency (GHD), and adrenal insufficiency (AI) in patients with medulloblastoma following...

Bicentric Treatment Outcomes following PT for Non-Myxopapillary High-Grade Spinal Cord Ependymoma in Children

28/09/2021
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Secondary cancer

A study by the Jacksonville and the MGH groups published in the Red Journal reporting the experience of these two centers in treating pediatric ependymoma of...

Variation in Proton Craniospinal Irradiation Practice Patterns in the United States: A Pediatric Proton Consortium Registry (PPCR) Study.

11/11/2021
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Published in the Red Journal, this study examined the CSI plans in the Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry (PPCR) to characterize proton CSI practice...

Neurocognitive and psychological functioning of pediatric brain tumor patients undergoing proton beam therapy for three different tumor types.

11/11/2021
/ Publications

This is a prospective study by the group from National Cancer Center, Korea, examining the neuropsychological functioning of patients with varying types of BTs...

Treating pediatric tumors with proton therapy

30/12/2015
/ White Paper

The largest consensus on the preferability of proton over photon radiation therapy is...