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Radiation-Associated Lymphopenia and Outcomes of Patients with Unresectable HCC Treated with Radiotherapy.

04/03/2021
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Lymphopenia caused by radiotherapy is associated with a poor prognosis. This study reviewed 143 HCC patients treated with photon (n=103 (72%)) and proton (n=40...

Intensity-modulated proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancer reduces rates of late xerostomia.

05/04/2021
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IMPT
IMRT

This MD Anderson study published in the Green Journal retrospectively compares patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) who received IMRT (n = 429) and IMPT (n...

Second tumor risk in children treated with proton therapy.

04/02/2021
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Secondary cancer

Published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, this study by the Jacksonville group evaluated the secondary tumor risk based on the data of 1713 children that underwent...

Active-Scanned Protons and Carbon Ions in Cancer Treatment of Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Experience of a Single Institution.

08/08/2019
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A study by Heidelberg group looked into if ionizing radiation influenced the function of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED's) leading to malfunctions...

Abscopal Effect Followiing PBRT in a Patient With Inoperable Metastatic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma.

09/09/2019
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Immunotherapy

The first case report of an abscopal effect in a patient of retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) treated with proton therapy. A 67 year-old female with inoperable...

Systematic review of methodology used in clinical studies evaluating the benefits of proton beam therapy.

07/07/2019
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Quality of life

The dosimetric advantages of PBT over photon radiotherapy may be clear but the translation of this benefit into clinically meaningful reductions in toxicities...

Non-homologous end joining is more important than proton linear energy transfer in dictating cell death.

07/08/2019
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Dosimetry

Published in the Red Journal, this study tried to identify biological factors that may yield a therapeutic advantage of proton therapy versus photon therapy...

Lower doses to hippocampi and other brain structures for skull-base meningiomas with IMPT compared to photon therapy.

07/09/2019
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IMPT
VMAT

This study systematically compared intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), non-coplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity modulated...

Proton therapy following induction chemotherapy for pediatric and adolescent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

07/09/2019
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Chemotherapy
Survival

A study by the Jacksonville group. Seventeen patients with nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma underwent double-scattered proton therapy. With the median...

Normal tissue complication probability models in plan evaluation of children with brain tumors referred to proton therapy.

07/07/2019
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VMAT

40 patients treated with PBT were selected for VMAT re-plan. The VMAT and delivered PT plans were compared by dose/volume metrics and NTCP models related to...