Initial studies in prostate cancer, used a lower energy proton beam applied as a conformal perineal boost after initial photon therapy. In the early 1990s, the first hospital-based facility was established with higher energy protons, allowing prostate treatment with the now traditional, opposed ...
New technical advances in proton beam delivery coupled with shortened overall treatment times and declining device costs have the potential to make this a more cost-effective therapy in the years ahead. Keywords: proton beam; radiation; prostate cancer; quality of life; cost; evidence...
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Proton beam therapy (PBT) is theoretically an excellent modality for external beam radiotherapy, providing an ideal dose distribution. However, it is not clear whether PBT for prostate cancer can clinically control toxicities. The purpose of the present study was to estimate prospectively the ...
Dr. Andrew Lee, the first physician to use pencil-beam scanning in North America, explains this type of proton therapy treatment. Pencil-Beam Scanning Unlike some proton therapy centers, all prostate cancer patients at Texas Center for Proton Therapy receive the benefit of pencil-beam proton thera...
Intensity-Modulated Proton Beam Therapy of Prostate Cancer-History, Results, and Future DirectionsProtonsProstate cancerIntensity-modulated proton therapyProton beam radiation therapy is a form of external—beam radiation treatment which takes advantage of the superior physical properties of positively charged...
People with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with either of two types of contemporary radiation therapy—proton beam therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)—achieved equally high rates of tumor control with no differences in patient-reported quality of life, according...
Proton beam therapy can be safely delivered to men with prostate cancer and has minimal urinary and rectal side effects, according to a study presented November 2, 2009, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 51st Annual Meeting in Chicago. ...
Robustness evaluation is critical for proton beam therapy (PBT) planning, but ideal robustness criteria have not been clearly defined. We previously characterized x-ray intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) robustness among patients with prostate cancer and identified CTV V100% > 90% and CTV ...
PURPOSE :To compare dosimetric parameters and late gastrointestinal (GI) outcomes between patients treated with proton beam therapy (PBT) for localized prostate cancer with rectal balloon immobilization versus hydrogel rectal spacer. METHODS AND MATERIALS :Patients with localized, clinical stage T1-4 ...