Risk of brainstem necrosis in pediatric patients with central nervous system malignancies after pencil beam scanning proton therapy

J. Vogel,A. Grewal,S. O’Reilly,Robert H. Lustig,Goldie Kurtz,Jane E. Minturn,Amish C. Shah,Angela J. Waanders,Jean B. Belasco,Kristina A. Cole,Michael Fisher,Peter C. Phillips,Naomi J. Balamuth,Phillip B. Storm,Christine E. Hill-Kayser

Risk of brainstem necrosis in pediatric patients with central nervous system malignancies after pencil beam scanning proton therapy

2019

J. Vogel
A. Grewal
S. O’Reilly
Robert H. Lustig
Goldie Kurtz
Jane E. Minturn
Amish C. Shah
Angela J. Waanders
Jean B. Belasco
Kristina A. Cole
Michael Fisher
Peter C. Phillips
Naomi J. Balamuth
Phillip B. Storm
Christine E. Hill-Kayser

AbstractBackground: Radiation therapy (RT) plays an important role in management of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) malignancies. Centers are increasingly utilizing pencil beam scanning prot...

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Proton therapy
Brainstem
Central nervous system
Pencil-beam scanning
Pathology
Necrosis
Medicine
Radiation therapy
Radiology

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