Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the initial outcomes of proton beam therapy (PBT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in terms of tumor response and safety. Materials and Methods: HCC...
or proton beam radiotherapy (PBT). Methods: Subjects with untreated HCC meeting Milan or San Francisco transplant criteria were recruited. Subjects were randomized to receive PBT (n = 36)...
From 2001 to June 2011, the number of centers providing proton beam therapy grew from 3 to 10. From 2006 to 2009, the number of Medicare beneficiaries receiving proton beam therapy nearly doubled....
In medicine, proton therapy , or proton radiotherapy , is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often to treat cancer. The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that the dose of protons is dep...
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Abstract Abstract: Proton beam therapy is a conservative treatment of choroidal melanoma. This study reports our results in terms of overall survival, metastasis-free survival and secondary enuclea...
Proton beam therapy (PBT) is an advanced radiation therapy (RT) modality for treatment of... Improved toxicity profiles may be beneficial in post-operative radiotherapy, for which initial...
We report our experience with proton beam radiotherapy (PBR) of RCH located at the optic disc or unresponsive to other treatments. Four daily fractions were administered, with a total dose...
Proton beam radiotherapy, one form of charged particle therapy, allows for excellent dose distributions, with the added benefit of no exit dose. These characteristics make this form of...
These properties promise reduced post-treatment complications, whilst improving patient access to proton beam radiotherapy and reducing costs. However, accurate dosimetry at UHDR is...