Management of motion and anatomical variations in charged particle therapy: past, present, and into the future

JM Pakela, A Knopf, L Dong, A Rucinski… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The major aim of radiation therapy is to provide curative or palliative treatment to cancerous
malignancies while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Charged particle radiotherapy …

Cardiotoxicity of mediastinal radiotherapy

I Ratosa, MI Pantar - Reports of Practical Oncology and …, 2019 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background Radiotherapy-related heart injury is well documented, with no apparent safety
threshold dose. The number of long-term cancer survivors exposed to mediastinal …

Enhanced deep-inspiration breath hold superior to high-frequency percussive ventilation for respiratory motion mitigation: A physiology-driven, MRI-guided …

F Emert, J Missimer, PA Eichenberger, M Walser… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: To safely treat lung tumors using particle radiation therapy (PRT), motion-
mitigation strategies are of critical importance to ensure precise irradiation. Therefore, we …

Comparative treatment planning study for mediastinal Hodgkin's lymphoma: impact on normal tissue dose using deep inspiration breath hold proton and photon …

A Edvardsson, M Kügele, S Alkner, M Enmark… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Late effects induced by radiotherapy (RT) are of great concern for mediastinal
Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) patients and it is therefore important to reduce normal tissue …

Systematic review for deep inspiration breath hold in proton therapy for mediastinal lymphoma: A PTCOG Lymphoma Subcommittee report and recommendations

CG Patel, J Peterson, M Aznar, YD Tseng… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To systematically review all dosimetric studies investigating the impact of deep
inspiration breath hold (DIBH) compared with free breathing (FB) in mediastinal lymphoma …

Tailored to a Woman's Heart: Gender Cardio-Oncology Across the Lifespan

MH Chen, SF Epstein - Current cardiology reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Females outnumber males among long-term cancer survivors,
primarily as a result of the prevalence of breast cancer. Late cardiovascular effects of cancer …

Proton therapy for lymphomas: current state of the art

U Ricardi, MV Maraldo, M Levis… - OncoTargets and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The combination of brief chemo-radiotherapy provides high cure rates and represents the
first line of treatment for many lymphoma patients. As a result, a high proportion of long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Proton therapy needs further technological development to fulfill the promise of becoming a superior treatment modality (compared to photon therapy)

DE Hyer, X Ding, Y Rong - Journal of applied clinical medical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There has been an ongoing debate over the superiority of proton beam therapy versus
photon beam therapy for more than two decades. 1–3 Proton versus photon has been just …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy versus intensity-modulated proton therapy in neoadjuvant irradiation of locally advanced oesophageal cancer

E Celik, W Baus, C Baues, W Schröder, A Clivio… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Background To investigate the role of intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) compared
to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), realised with RapidArc and RapidPlan …

Intensity modulated proton therapy compared to volumetric modulated arc therapy in the irradiation of young female patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Assessment of …

M Scorsetti, L Cozzi, P Navarria, A Fogliata, A Rossi… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Background To investigate the role of intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) compared
to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for advanced supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's …