The potential of proton beam radiation therapy in head and neck cancer
Autor: | Anders Ask, Björn Zackrisson, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Erik Blomquist, Bengt Glimelius |
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Rok vydání: | 2005 |
Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Cost-Benefit Analysis medicine.medical_treatment Proton Beam Radiation Therapy Normal tissue Tumour incidence Internal medicine Proton Therapy Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Proton therapy Thyroid cancer Sweden business.industry Radiotherapy Planning Computer-Assisted Head and neck cancer Radiotherapy Dosage Health Care Costs Hematology General Medicine medicine.disease Radiation therapy Clinical trial Head and Neck Neoplasms business |
Zdroj: | Acta Oncologica. 44:876-880 |
ISSN: | 1651-226X 0284-186X |
Popis: | A group of Swedish oncologists and hospital physicists have estimated the number of patients in Sweden suitable for proton beam therapy. The estimations have been based on current statistics of tumour incidence, number of patients potentially eligible for radiation treatment, scientific support from clinical trials and model dose planning studies and knowledge of the dose-response relations of different tumours and normal tissues. In head and neck cancer, including thyroid cancer, it is assessed that at least 300 patients annually will gain sufficiently from proton beam therapy, both to improve tumour control and to decrease toxicity to compensate for the increased treatment costs using protons. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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