Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients with Skull Base Tumors Undergoing Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients with Skull Base Tumors Undergoing Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

To assess the incidence and severity of changes in hearing threshold in patients undergoing high-dose pencil-beam-scanning proton therapy (PBS-PT). This retrospective cohort study included fifty-one patients (median 50 years (range, 13–68)) treated with PBS-PT for skull base tumors. No chemotherapy...

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Main Authors: Barbara Bachtiary, Dorothe Veraguth, Nicolaas Roos, Flurin Pfiffner, Dominic Leiser, Alessia Pica, Marc Walser, Stefanie von Felten, Damien C. Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
pencil-beam-scanning proton therapy (PBS-PT)
skull base tumors
head and neck cancer
meningioma
pure tone average (PTA)
hearing loss (HL)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/16/3853

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