Proton radiotherapy for pediatric central nervous system ependymoma: clinical outcomes for 70 patients

BACKGROUND: Ependymoma is treated with maximal surgical resection and localized radiotherapy. Minimizing unnecessary exposure to radiation is of paramount importance for young children. Proton radiotherapy (PRT) spares healthy tissues outside the target region, but reports of clinical outcomes are s...

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Main Authors: MacDonald, Shannon M., Sethi, Roshan, Lavally, Beverly, Yeap, Beow Y., Marcus, Karen J., Caruso, Paul, Pulsifer, Margaret, Huang, Mary, Ebb, David, Tarbell, Nancy J., Yock, Torunn I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
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Clinical Investigations
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813421/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101739
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/not121
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