[3] Proton therapy is a type of external beam radiotherapy that uses ionizing radiation. In proton therapy, medical personnel use a particle accelerator to target a tumor with a beam of...
Proton beam therapy is a type of radiotherapy that uses a beam of high energy protons, which are small parts of atoms, rather than high energy x-rays (called “photons”) to treat specific types of cancer. Proton beam therapy enables a dose of high energy protons to be precisely targeted at a tumour, reducing the damage to surrounding healthy tissues and vital organs which is an advantage in certain groups of patients or where the cancer is close to a critical part of the body such as the spinal cord. ...
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The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy (e.g., radiation therapy, or photon therapy) is that the dose of protons is deposited over a narrow...
Proton Beam Radiotherapy - The State of the Art 1 Harald Paganetti and Thomas Bortfeld Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 1. Introduction a - Physical Rationale Protons have...
Abstract Background & aims: Proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) has recently been applied to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, there is no randomized controlled trial-based evidence...
The first randomized trial supporting proton beam therapy for oncologic management was performed in the esophageal cancer population. Despite its success, many questions remain as the confirmatory...
Proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) was noninferior to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for local progression-free survival (LPFS) in patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (rHCC), in addition to showing a tolerable safety profile, according to the APROH trial presented during the 2020 digital ILC. “The recurrence rate of HCC after resection or RFA is significantly high. In the case of local recurrence, second-line treatment method is generally selected according to the first-line treatment principle,” said presenting author Dr Park Joong ...
PurposeTo evaluate the results of 15 years of experience with proton beam radiotherapy in the treatment of intraocular melanoma, and to determine univariate and multivariate risk factors for local...
These properties promise reduced post-treatment complications, whilst improving patient access to proton beam radiotherapy and reducing costs. However, accurate dosimetry at UHDR is...