Simulation study of secondary neutron reflection distribution in proton therapy room by LI Xiang, GAO Yunan, GAO Han, YAN Congchong, TANG Wei, SUN Liang

“…BackgroundThe protection of secondary neutrons in the complex secondary radiation of the 100~250 MeV proton therapy room has always been the focus of shielding design. …”
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Complications after proton therapy of choroidal melanoma: A case report by Natalia Kuková, Maria Molnarova, Jana Stefanickova

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Proton Therapy for Bilateral Breast Cancer Maximizes Normal-Tissue Sparing by Eric D. Brooks, MD, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, Emma Vivers, MS, Teena Burchianti, ARNP, Xiaoying Liang, PhD, Lisa R. Spiguel, MD, Bharti Jasra, MBBS (MD), FACS, Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD, Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA, MBA, Julie A. Bradley, MD

“…Materials and Methods: We reviewed a registry of patients (simultaneously) diagnosed with synchronous bilateral breast cancers who underwent postoperative definitive adjuvant proton therapy at our institution between 2012 and 2021. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Reirradiation for Gynecologic Malignancies by Ariel E. Pollock, MD, Hunter Risher, BS, Melanie Berger, MD, Dana M. Roque, MD, Gautam Rao, MD, Elizabeth M. Nichols, MD, Pranshu Mohindra, MD, MMM

“…Given the dosimetric advantages of proton therapy, we aimed to assess oncologic and toxicity outcomes of patients with re-RT to the pelvis/abdomen with intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for gynecologic cancers. …”
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Proton Therapy in a Pandemic: An Operational Response to the COVID-19 Crisis by Susan L. McGovern, MD, PhD, Cody Wages, CMD, Andrew Dimmitt, RTT, Christopher Sanders, RTT, Deanna Martin, Matthew S. Ning, MD, Rochelle Manning, MSN, RN, Mayank Amin, CMD, X. Ronald Zhu, PhD, Steven J. Frank, MD, G. Brandon Gunn, MD

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Incidence of Rib Fracture following Treatment with Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer by Julie A. Bradley, MD, Xiaoying Liang, PhD, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, Chunbo Liu, PhD, Eric D. Brooks, MD, Teena Burchianti, ARNP, Emma Viviers, MS, Roi Dagan, MD, MS, Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA, MBA, Christopher G. Morris, MS, Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD

“…Purpose: To determine the rib fracture rate in a cohort of patients with breast cancer treated with proton therapy. Patient and Methods: From a prospective database, we identified 225 patients treated with proton therapy between 2012 and 2020 (223 women; 2 men). …”
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Physical design of a compact injector for synchrotron-based proton therapy by Jian Qiao, Jian Qiao, Jian Qiao, Jian Qiao, Nan Yan, Nan Yan, Zike Huang, Zike Huang, Zike Huang, Zike Huang, Yang Zhong, Yang Zhong, Yang Zhong, Yang Zhong, Jiazhou Wang, Jiazhou Wang, Jiazhou Wang, Jiazhou Wang, Xiucui Xie, Yuehu Pu, Yuehu Pu, Yuehu Pu, Weigang Hu, Weigang Hu, Weigang Hu, Weigang Hu

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Measurement of the energy spectrum of secondary neutrons in a proton therapy environment by Dommert Martin, Reginatto Marcel, Zboril Miroslav, Fiedler Fine, Helmbrecht Stephan, Enghardt Wolfgang, Lutz Benjamin

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Current Situation of Proton Therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma: From Expectations to Evidence by Pierre Loap, Alfredo Mirandola, Ludovic De Marzi, Remi Dendale, Alberto Iannalfi, Viviana Vitolo, Amelia Barcellini, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Youlia Kirova, Ester Orlandi

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Tumour Movement in Proton Therapy: Solutions and Remaining Questions: A Review by Dirk De Ruysscher, Edmond Sterpin, Karin Haustermans, Tom Depuydt

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Innovations and the Use of Collimators in the Delivery of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy by Daniel E. Hyer, PhD, Laura C. Bennett, MS, Theodore J. Geoghegan, MS, Martin Bues, PhD, Blake R. Smith, PhD

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Clinical Review of Proton Therapy in the Treatment of Unilateral Head and Neck Cancers by Robert H. Press, MD, Richard L. Bakst, MD, Sonam Sharma, MD, Rafi Kabarriti, MD, Madhur K. Garg, MD, MBA, Brian Yeh, MD, Daphna Y. Gelbum, MD, Shaakir Hasan, DO, J. Isabelle Choi, MD, Chris A. Barker, MD, Arpit M. Chhabra, MD, Charles B. Simone II, MD, FACRO, Nancy Y. Lee, MD, FASTRO

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Assessment of the use of prompt gamma emission for proton therapy range verification by Styczynski, John R

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Sensitivity analysis of the beam optics of a superconducting gantry for proton therapy by Wongso, Shelvia

“…A superconducting gantry design is proposed to reduce the size, weight, and complexity of the gantry in the proton therapy facility in Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Switzerland. …”
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Feasibility and constraints of Bragg peak FLASH proton therapy treatment planning by Lövgren, N, Fagerström Kristensen, I, Petersson, K

“…<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> FLASH proton therapy (FLASH-PT) requires ultra-high dose rate (≥ 40 Gy/s) protons to be delivered in a short timescale whilst conforming to a patient-specific target. …”

Modelling secondary cancer risk from photon and proton therapy in medulloblastoma by Madkhali, A

“…Results showed that proton therapy is less likely to induce malignancy when compared to 3DCRT (p-value &amp;LT; 0.05). …”

Why RBE must be a variable and not a constant in proton therapy by Jones, B

“…<strong>Purpose:</strong> This paper considers why the proton therapy relative biological effect (RBE) should be variable rather than constant. …”

EP-1917: comparison of robustness metrics in intensity modulated proton therapy by George, B, Teoh, S, Shukla, V, Petillion, S, Verhoeven, K, Weltens, C, Van Den Heuvel, F

Initial testing of a pixelated silicon detector prototype in proton therapy by Wroe, Andrew J., McAuley, Grant, Teran, Anthony V., Wong, Jeannie Hsiu Ding, Petasecca, Marco, Lerch, Michael, Slater, James M., Rozenfeld, Anatoly B.

“…The DMG tested here proved to be a useful device at measuring depth dose profiles in proton therapy with a stable response across the entire proton spread-out Bragg peak. …”

Radiobiological Outcomes, Microdosimetric Evaluations and Monte Carlo Predictions in Eye Proton Therapy by Giada Petringa, Marco Calvaruso, Valeria Conte, Pavel Bláha, Valentina Bravatà, Francesco Paolo Cammarata, Giacomo Cuttone, Giusi Irma Forte, Otilija Keta, Lorenzo Manti, Luigi Minafra, Vladana Petković, Ivan Petrović, Selene Richiusa, Aleksandra Ristić Fira, Giorgio Russo, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone

“…It is in operation at the LNS Laboratories of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN-LNS) and to date, 500 patients have been successfully treated. Even though proton therapy has demonstrated success in clinical settings, there is still a need for more accurate models because they are crucial for the estimation of clinically relevant RBE values. …”
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