Dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy and photon radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy and photon radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to perform a dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy (PBT) and photon radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who were treated with PBT in our institution. In addition, we evaluated the...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Hirano, Masakatsu Onozawa, Hidehiro Hojo, Atsushi Motegi, Sadatomo Zenda, Kenji Hotta, Shunsuke Moriya, Hidenobu Tachibana, Naoki Nakamura, Takashi Kojima, Tetsuo Akimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Proton beam therapy
IMRT
3DCRT
Locally advanced esophageal cancer
In silico dose distribution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-0966-5

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