Prostate Cancer Treatment with Pencil Beam Proton Therapy Using Rectal Spacers sans Endorectal Balloons

Prostate Cancer Treatment with Pencil Beam Proton Therapy Using Rectal Spacers sans Endorectal Balloons

Purpose: Proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) has been used for the definitive treatment of localized prostate cancer with low rates of high-grade toxicity and excellent patient-reported quality-of-life metrics. Technological advances such as pencil beam scanning (PBS), Monte Carlo dose calculations, and...

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Main Authors: Matthew Forsthoefel, MD, Ryan Hankins, MD, Elizabeth Ballew, BS, Cara Frame, MS, David DeBlois, BS, Dalong Pang, PhD, Pranay Krishnan, MD, Keith Unger, MD, Keith Kowalczyk, MD, John Lynch, MD, Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, Sean P. Collins, MD PhD, Jonathan W. Lischalk, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2022-04-01
Series:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Subjects:
prostate cancer
radiation therapy
proton therapy
rectal spacer
endorectal balloon
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-21-00039

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