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Risk of radiation-induced second malignant neoplasms from photon and proton radiotherapy in paediatric abdominal neuroblastoma

08/07/2021
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Secondary cancer risk
Pediatric
Malignancies
Neuroblastoma
Liver
Anal and rectal cancers

This study compared the carcinogenic risk associated with 3D-CRT, IMAT and PBS-PT)in the treatment of pediatric abdominal neuroblastoma. The risk of radiation...

Trends and variations in utilization and costs of radiotherapy for prostate cancer: A SEER medicare analysis from 2007 through 2016

08/02/2021
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Prostate
Brachytherapy
Gastrointestinal
SBRT
IMPT

Based on the SEER database, this study reported that for Medicare beneficiaries with a first-time diagnosis of prostate cancer, the utilization of IMRT, proton...

Cross-modality applicability of rectal normal tissue complication probability models from photon- to proton-based radiotherapy.

01/10/2019
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Prostate
Genitourinary
Anal and rectal cancers
NTCP
Gastrointestinal

This study aimed to assess the applicability of photon-based NTCP models to rectum morbidity outcomes following PT for prostate cancer patients. The data of...

Retrospective analysis of reduced energy switching and room switching times on throughput efficiency of a multi-room proton therapy center.

11/12/2019
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Head and neck
Prostate
Patient

A 4-room center treating ~90 patients/day, treating for ~7 years underwent a software upgrade which reduced room and energy switching times from ~30 to~20 sec...

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...

MRI-based IMPT planning for prostate cancer.

11/11/2019
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Prostate
IMPT
Genitourinary

Published in the Green Journal, this study led by MGH aimed to quantify the clinical applicability of converted MR images as a substitute of CT for IMPT...

Hypofractionated Proton Therapy in Early Prostate Cancer: Results of a Phase I/II Trial at Loma Linda University.

11/08/2019
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Prostate
Hypofractionation
Genitourinary
Gastrointestinal

A cohort of 146 patients with low-risk prostate cancer were treated to 60 Gy (cobalt Gy equivalent) of proton therapy (20 fractions of 3.0 Gy per fraction) in 4...

A population-based assessment of proton beam therapy utilization in California.

01/02/2020
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PBT
Brain
Lung
Eye
Breast
Prostate

Based on data from California Cancer Registry, this study reported that of the 2,499,510 people with a cancer diagnosis during the study period, 578,632 (23%)...

Proton beam radiotherapy for anal and rectal cancers.

03/02/2020
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Gastrointestinal
Anal and rectal cancers
PBT
Hypofractionation
Genitourinary

A review article looked at the current status of PBT for anal and rectal cancers. PBT offers appealing potential to reduce toxicity, increase patient compliance...

Proton beam re-irradiation for gastrointestinal malignancies: a systematic review.

03/02/2020
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Esophagus
Gastrointestinal
Reirradiation
Pancreas
Liver
Anal and rectal cancers

A systematic review assessing for reports of proton-beam reirradiation for recurrent or second primary GI cancers. 7 included studies reported on proton-beam re...