The previous chapter dealt with aspects of proton beam therapy which are more or less independent of the patient. That is, it discussed matters that do not depend on the patient's geometry nor on the treatment planning aims. This chapter addresses the more clinical side of the problem; how ...
Therapy Control and Patient Safety for Proton Therapy 来自 arXiv.org 喜欢 0 阅读量: 42 作者: M Grossmann 摘要: This contribution describes general concepts for control and safety systems in proton therapy. These concepts are illustrated by concrete examples implemented in the Proscan facility ...
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Purpose Proton beam therapy is a commonly accepted treatment for intraocular melanomas, but the literature is lacking in descriptions of patient preferences of clinical outcomes and economic impact. In addition, no economic evaluations have been published regarding the incremental cost-effectiveness of pr...
Proton therapy has been a hotly contested issue in both scientific publications and lay media. Proponents cite the modality's ability to spare healthy tissue, but critics claim the benefit gained from its use does not validate its cost compared with photon therapy. The objective of this study wa...
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‘preferred drug’, and the extent to which they regarded it as an acceptable practice.The experiences of 61 patients on established proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy were sought before and after their drug was switched to the ‘preferred drug’.Eighty per cent of patients were happy to ...
Typically, a patient’s PT plan is completed by 2 ~ 3 sub-plans, while X-ray therapy only has one plan. Therefore, PT can better protect the surrounding normal tissues. The dose distribution map and DVH in Fig. 2 confirm this result. We can see that the PT group has a more ...
But the some 300,000-yuan cost is a huge burden on patients and their families. It is not covered by the government-run medical insurance plan. One of the highlights of Huhuibao is that it covers certain expensive treatme...
Advanced Oncotherapy is on target to treat itsfirst patient in 2021. Still, if this technology has been around since the 1950s, why is there development to be done? Quite simply, proton therapy costs too much, and it’s too technically inaccessible. “Current systems are based oncyclotrons ...