Proton Beam Therapy for Iris Melanomas in 107 Patients.

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Diagnosis and Therapy of Iris Lesions.

The most common iris lesions are iris nevi, iris melanomas and iris pigment epithelium cysts. However, there is an abundance of rare differential diagnoses that have to be considered, including other ...

Long-term Outcomes After Proton Beam Irradiation in Patients With Large Choroidal Melanomas.

Although radiotherapy has been used more frequently in past decades for the management of large melanomas, long-term efficacy of proton beam irradiation (PBI) of large choroidal melanomas has not been...

Integrated Beam Orientation and Scanning-Spot Optimization in Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Brain and Unilateral Head and Neck Tumors.

Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) is the state-of-the-art method of delivering proton radiotherapy. Previous research has been mainly focused on optimization of scanning spots with manually se...

UK's first NHS high-energy proton beam facility.

With the UK's first high-energy Proton Beam Therapy Centre set to open next year at Manchester's The Christie, young patients with head and neck tumours, cancers close to the skull or spine, or a vari...

RADIATION PROTECTION MEASUREMENTS WITH THE VARIANCE-COVARIANCE METHOD IN THE STRAY RADIATION FIELDS FROM PHOTON AND PROTON THERAPY FACILITIES.

The microdosimetric variance-covariance method was used to study the stray radiation fields from the photon therapy facility at the Technical University of Denmark and the scanned proton therapy beam ...

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Proton Beam Therapy for Chordoma Patients

Primary Objectives: To establish the efficacy of proton beam therapy with or without photon beam radiation therapy for skull base chordoma. Secondary Objectives: 1. To det...

Proton Beam Therapy for Chondrosarcoma

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if proton beam therapy, with or without photon beam radiation therapy, is effective in the treatment of skull base chondrosarcoma. The ...

Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate

The primary purpose of this study is to determine if high doses of radiation using proton beam can be given safely with low and acceptable side effects. This study will also gather data t...

Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Intraocular and Periocular Retinoblastoma

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate proton beam radiation therapy as an alternative to external photon beam irradiation in children with retinoblastoma as a means of local tumor contr...

Proton Beam Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Thoracic Cancer Who Have Received Prior Radiation Therapy

This pilot clinical trial studies proton beam radiation therapy in treating patients with thoracic cancer that has come back and have received prior radiation therapy. Proton beam radiatio...

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