Systematic review and meta-analysis of photon radiotherapy versus proton beam therapy for pediatric intracranial ependymoma: TRP-ependymoma 2024

Systematic review and meta-analysis of photon radiotherapy versus proton beam therapy for pediatric intracranial ependymoma: TRP-ependymoma 2024

Introduction: Proton beam therapy (PBT) may reduce the number of adverse events in treatment of patients with pediatric cancer. However, it is difficult to evaluate whether the actual therapeutic effect is truly equivalent to that of photon radiotherapy. To compare photon radiotherapy and PBT, a met...

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Main Authors: Masashi Mizumoto, Sho Hosaka, Kei Nakai, Yinuo Li, Yoshiko Oshiro, Takashi Iizumi, Takashi Saito, Masako Inaba, Hiroko Fukushima, Ryoko Suzuki, Shosei Shimizu, Kazushi Maruo, Hideyuki Sakurai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Ependymoma
Brain
Proton
Radiotherapy
Meta-analysis
Systematic review
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024164031

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