Purpose To compare the dosimetric performances of intensity‐modulated proton therapy
(IMPT) plans generated with two different beam angle configurations (the Right–Left oblique …

Purpose: To develop methods for evaluation and mitigation of dosimetric impact due to
respiratory and diaphragmatic motion during free breathing in treatment of distal esophageal …

Purpose To compare the dosimetric performances of small‐spot three‐dimensional (3D) and
four‐dimensional (4D) robustly optimized intensity‐modulated proton (IMPT) plans in the …

Background Esophageal carcinoma is the eighth most common cancer in the world.
Volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is widely used to treat distal esophageal …

Purpose Proton therapy of esophageal cancer is superior to photon radiation therapy in
terms of normal tissue sparing. However, respiratory motion and anatomical changes may …

PURPOSE: We have previously found that≤ 75% of treatment failures after
chemoradiotherapy for unresectable esophageal cancer appear within the gross tumor …

Background and purpose Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is expected to result in
clinical benefits by lowering radiation dose to organs-at-risk (OARs). However, there are …

Purpose To compare passive-scatter proton beam therapy (PBT) versus intensity-modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT) for reducing heart/lung dose in esophageal cancer, and to identify …

Purpose Setup, range, and anatomical uncertainties influence the dose delivered with
intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), but clinical quantification of these errors for …

Purpose Planning studies to compare x-ray and proton techniques and to select the most
suitable technique for each patient have been hampered by the nonequivalence of several …