Systematic review of methodology used in clinical studies evaluating the benefits of proton beam therapy

Background: Proton beam therapy (PBT) delivers high-energy radiation to target tumours while sparing surrounding normal tissues. The dosimetric advantages of PBT over traditional photon radiotherapy may be clear but the translation of this benefit into clinically meaningful reductions in toxicities...

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Main Authors: Mercy Ofuya, Lucy McParland, Louise Murray, Sarah Brown, David Sebag-Montefiore, Emma Hall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630819300850