Proton Therapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Treatment using protonproton beam has advantages over X-rays due to its physical characteristics, which allow for dose escalation of the tumor with less scatter radiation dose to the surrounding tissues. There have been multiple published reports showing excellent clinical outcomes after treatment w...

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Published inPrinciples and Practice of Urooncology pp. 319 - 331
Main Author Choi, Seungtaek
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Springer International Publishing
Subjects
Oncology
Prostate cancer
Proton therapy
Radiotherapy
Urology & urogenital medicine
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Summary:Treatment using protonproton beam has advantages over X-rays due to its physical characteristics, which allow for dose escalation of the tumor with less scatter radiation dose to the surrounding tissues. There have been multiple published reports showing excellent clinical outcomes after treatment with proton therapyproton therapy for prostate cancer. However, there continues to be significant controversy regarding the clinical advantage of proton therapy over using X-rays with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) as there have been no randomized trials comparing the two treatments reported. This chapter will summarize the physics of the proton therapy and the recent technical advances in the delivery of the proton beam, review the clinical results, and describe the treatment protocol used at our institution for the use of proton therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer patients.
ISBN:9783319561134
3319561138
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-56114-1_19