The Advantage of Proton Therapy in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis and Hippocampus Avoidance for Children with Medulloblastoma

The Advantage of Proton Therapy in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis and Hippocampus Avoidance for Children with Medulloblastoma

Purpose: Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) improves clinical outcomes at the cost of long-term neuroendocrine and cognitive sequelae. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA) and hippocampus avoidance (HPA-HA) with intensity-modulated proton therapy (IM...

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Main Authors: Aljabab, S. (Author), Castro, J. (Author), Halasz, L.M (Author), Maes, S. (Author), O'Ryan-Blair, A. (Author), Rana, S. (Author), Taddei, P.J (Author), Zheng, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Allen Press Inc. 2022
Subjects:
craniospinal irradiation
hippocampus avoidance
IMPT
pituitary avoidance
tomotherapy
VMAT
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