Clinical evidence of variable proton biological effectiveness in pediatric patients treated for ependymoma
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Clinical evidence of variable proton biological effectiveness in pediatric patients treated for ependymoma.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is used for clinical proton therapy; however, experimental evidence indicates that RBE can vary. We analyzed pediatric ependymoma patients who received proton therapy to determine if areas of normal tissue damage indicated by post-treatment image changes were associated with increased biological dose effectiveness. MATE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.11.001