Temporal Lobe Necrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Proton Therapy to the Skull Base

Temporal Lobe Necrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Proton Therapy to the Skull Base

Purpose: To demonstrate temporal lobe necrosis (TLN) rate and clinical/dose-volume factors associated with TLN in radiation-naïve patients with head and neck cancer treated with proton therapy where the field of radiation involved the skull base. Materials and Methods: Medical records and dosimetric...

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Main Authors: Sarin Kitpanit, Anna Lee, Ken L. Pitter, Dan Fan, James C.H. Chow, Brian Neal, Zhiqiang Han, Pamela Fox, Kevin Sine, Dennis Mah, Lara A. Dunn, Eric J. Sherman, Loren Michel, Ian Ganly, Richard J. Wong, Jay O. Boyle, Marc A. Cohen, Bhuvanesh Singh, Cameron W. Brennan, Igor T. Gavrilovic, Vaios Hatzoglou, Bernard O‘Malley, Kaveh Zakeri, Yao Yu, Linda Chen, DaphnaY. Gelblum, Jung Julie Kang, Sean M. McBride, Chiaojung J. Tsai, Nadeem Riaz, Nancy Y. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Subjects:
temporal lobe necrosis
proton therapy
head and neck cancer
toxicity
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-20-00014.1

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