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A prospective trial of proton radiotherapy for retreatment of recurrent tumors
Presenter: John P. Plastaras, MD PhD Presenter's Affiliation: The University of Pennsylvania Background Retreatment with radiation therapy presents a very challenging problem for both radiation oncologists and patients. Certain types of...
Paving the way towards clinical PET-based in-vivo treatment verification at HIT
Presenter: Julia Bauer, PhD Presenter’s Affiliation: Heidelburg Ion-Beam Therapy Center Background Treatment planning generates a dose distribution that is approved by a physician and reviewed by a physicist. Unfortunately, in vivo...
Protons, photons and brachytherapy as the boost in locally advance prostate cancer
Presenter/Author: I.N. Kanchelli Presenter's Affiliation: Russian Scientific Center for Roentgen-Radiology, Moscow, Russia Background Locally advanced prostate cancer is a serious health problem, and recurrence after treatment with...
Spot-Scanning based proton radiation therapy for complex benign, atypical, and anaplastic meningiomas: 5 year results from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
Presenter/Author:Ralf Schneider, MD Presenter's Affiliation:Center for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland Background Meningiomas are the most common non-glial brain tumors, which are slow growing and extra-axial. They...
Treatment of NSCLC patients with proton beam-based stereotactic body radiation therapy: A dosimetric comparison with photon plans highlights the importance of range uncertainty
Presenter/Author: Seco, J. Presenter's Affiliation:Massachusetts General Hospital Background Non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 80% of all lung cancers. Surgery is the gold standard and main curative modality for early-stage...
Two-staged proton beam stereotactic radiosurgery (P-SRS) for high-risk cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
Presenter: Jona Hattangadi, MD Presenter's Affiliation: Harvard University Background Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a congenital abnormality of arterial and venous communication, caused by failure of the vascular plexus to develop into a...
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