Spot-scanning proton radiation therapy for pediatric chordoma and chondrosarcoma: Clinical outcome of 26 patients treated at paul scherrer institute

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-584

  Rombi, Barbara ^a,b   Ares, Carmen ^a   Hug, Eugen B ^a,d   Schneider, Ralf ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^a   Staab, Adrian ^a   Albertini, Francesca ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^a   Timmermann, Beate ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ATreP Provincial Agency for Proton Therapy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d ProCure Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; LATE SIDE EFFECTS; LOCAL RECURRENCE; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL SKELETON TUMOR; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPOT SCANNING PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880598500     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.02.026     Document Type: Article

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