ArticleCancers2024
Potential Therapeutic Improvements in Prostate Cancer Treatment Using Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy with LET
Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Robust Four-Field and Arc LET-Optimized Proton Prostate Cancer Treatment Plans With Urethral Sparing.International journal of particle therapy · 2026Article
- Commissioning of a Monte Carlo-based scanning proton beam for breast cancer: Incorporating LETd calculations and variable RBE models.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Combining Statins with Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: From Photon Experience to Proton Potential.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Reducing Radiation Dermatitis for PBS Proton Therapy Breast Cancer Patients Using SpotDelete.International journal of particle therapy · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo demonstrate the feasibility of improving prostate cancer patient outcomes with PBS proton LET
methodsSFO, IPT-SIB, and LET-optimized plans were created for 12 patients, and generalized-tissue and disease-specific LET-dependent RBE models were applied. The mean LET
resultsLET
conclusionThe demonstration of improved TODRs provided via LET
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