Feasibility study: spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) for left-sided whole breast radiotherapy

Feasibility study: spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) for left-sided whole breast radiotherapy

Abstract Background This study investigated the feasibility and potential clinical benefit of utilizing a new proton treatment technique: Spot-scanning proton arc (SPArc) therapy for left-sided whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT) to further reduce radiation dose to healthy tissue and mitigate the proba...

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Main Authors: Sheng Chang, Gang Liu, Lewei Zhao, Joshua T. Dilworth, Weili Zheng, Saada Jawad, Di Yan, Peter Chen, Craig Stevens, Peyman Kabolizadeh, Xiaoqiang Li, Xuanfeng Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Spot scanning
Proton arc
Left-sided breast cancer
Robust optimization
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-020-01676-3

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