A review of proton therapy–Current status and future directions

R Mohan - Precision radiation oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The original rationale for proton therapy was its highly conformal depth‐dose distributions
compared to photons, which allow greater sparing of normal tissues and escalation of tumor …

A scoping review of patient selection methods for proton therapy

N Zientara, E Giles, H Le, M Short - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The aim was to explore various national and international clinical decision‐making tools and
dose comparison methods used for selecting cancer patients for proton versus X‐ray …

Predictive performance of different NTCP techniques for radiation-induced esophagitis in NSCLC patients receiving proton radiotherapy

M Chen, Z Wang, S Jiang, J Sun, L Wang, N Sahoo… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
This study aimed to compare the predictive performance of different modeling methods in
developing normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models for predicting radiation …

Development and implementation of proton therapy for hodgkin lymphoma: challenges and perspectives

P Loap, L De Marzi, A Mirandola, R Dendale, A Iannalfi… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a highly curable disease; proton therapy for
mediastinal HL irradiation might theoretically reduce late toxicities compared with classical …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric comparison of IMPT vs VMAT for multiple lung lesions: an NTCP model-based decision-making strategy

Y Liu, P Liu, XS Gao, Z Wang, F Lyu, A Shi, W Wang… - Medical …, 2024 - Elsevier
To compare the dosimetric differences in volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and
intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of …

A study on predicting cases that would benefit from proton beam therapy in primary liver tumors of less than or equal to 5 cm based on the estimated incidence of …

Y Uchinami, N Katoh, R Suzuki, T Kanehira… - Clinical and translational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background For small primary liver tumors, favorable outcomes have been reported with
both of proton beam therapy (PBT) and X-ray therapy (XRT). However, no clear criteria have …

Exploiting the full potential of proton therapy: An update on the specifics and innovations towards spatial or temporal optimisation of dose delivery

L De Marzi, A Patriarca, N Scher, J Thariat, M Vidal - Cancer/Radiothérapie, 2020 - Elsevier
Prescription and delivery of protons are somewhat different compared to photons and may
influence outcomes (tumour control and toxicity). These differences should be taken into …

Thoracic Malignancies: Proton Beam and Carbon‐ion Therapy for Thoracic Cancers and Recurrent Disease

MS Ning, V Verma, SH Lin - Principles and Practice of Particle …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thoracic malignancies represent a heterogeneous spectrum of primary cancers and
metastatic disease. Radiation plays an essential role in management, as local ablation and …