Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
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Proton beam therapy offers potential clinical advantages compared with conventional radiation therapy for many cancer patients. The benefits are mainly a result of a more favourable dose distribution. The treatment cost with proton radiation is higher than for conventional radiation, mainly due to the large investment cost of building a proton therapy facility. It is therefore important to evaluate whether the medical benefits of proton therapy are large enough to justify the higher treatment costs, compared with conventional radiation therapy. ⋯ The results indicate that proton therapy for breast cancer can be cost-effective if appropriate risk groups are chosen as targets for the therapy.
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Clinical Trial
Acute esophageal toxicity in non-small cell lung cancer patients after high dose conformal radiotherapy.
To correlate acute esophageal toxicity with dosimetric and clinical parameters for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) alone or with chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). ⋯ Both concurrent CRT and the volume that receives at least 35 Gy were predictors of acute esophageal toxicity.