Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities

The dosimetric advantages of proton therapy (PT) treatment plans are demonstrably superior to photon-based external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for localized prostate cancer, but the reported clinical outcomes are similar. This may be due to inadequate dose prescription, especially in high-risk disease...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancers 2022-02, Vol.14 (4), p.925
Hauptverfasser:	Poon, Darren M C, Wu, Stephen, Ho, Leon, Cheung, Kin Yin, Yu, Ben
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer therapies Clinical outcomes Computed tomography Conformity Disease control Dosimetry FDA approval Hospitals Magnetic resonance imaging Patients Planning Prostate cancer Radiation therapy Review
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