Dosimetric rationale and preliminary experience in proton plus carbon-ion radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis

Dosimetric rationale and preliminary experience in proton plus carbon-ion radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis

Abstract Background Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has been standard of care for unresectable esophageal carcinoma. There were no reports on proton radiotherapy (PRT) plus carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) with pencil beam scanning (PBS) for esophageal carcinoma. This study evaluated the tolerability and...

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Main Authors: Ningyi Ma, Xue Ming, Jian Chen, Kai-Liang Wu, Jiade Lu, Guoliang Jiang, Jingfang Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Esophageal carcinoma
Proton radiotherapy
Carbon ion radiotherapy
Toxicity
Survival
Pencil-beam scanning
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02371-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02371-9

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