Aims Childhood cancer is rare and survival of childhood cancer has increased up to 80% at
5 years after diagnosis. Radiotherapy is an important element of the multimodal treatment …

Endocrine complications are frequently observed in childhood cancer survivors (CCS); in
many instances, these complications develop months to years after the completion of cancer …

Background Proton radiotherapy (PRT) may be associated with less neurocognitive risk than
photon RT (XRT) for pediatric brain tumor survivors. We compared neurocognitive and …

Simple Summary Research has shown that children who undergo radiotherapy for brain
tumors are at risk for long-term changes in both their thinking and brain structure. Compared …

Purpose Despite several advantages of proton therapy over megavoltage x-ray therapy, its
lack of proximal tissue sparing is a concern. The method presented here adds proximal …

Background Survivors of childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumors experience high
rates of treatment-related neurologic sequelae. Whether survivors continue to be at …

Brain tumors represent the most common solid tumors in childhood, accounting for almost
25% of all childhood cancer, second only to leukemia. Pediatric central nervous system …

OBJECTIVE: To document outcomes with multimodal therapy and evaluate the impact that
the degree of surgical resection has on outcome. METHODS: A departmental brain tumor …

This review on proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) focusses on an historical overview, cost-
effectiveness, techniques, acute and late toxicities and clinical results of PBT for sarcoma …

Recent progress in the treatment for pediatric malignancies using a combination of surgery,
chemotherapy, and radiotherapy has improved survival. However, late toxicities of …