Proton Radiotherapy Could Reduce the Risk of Fatal Second Cancers for Children with Intracranial Tumors in Lowand Middle-Income Countries
Purpose: To test our hypothesis that, for young children with intracranial tumors, proton radiotherapy in a high-income country does not reduce the risk of a fatal subsequent malignant neoplasm (SMN) compared with photon radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries. Materials and Methods: We ret...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Particle Therapy Co-operative Group
2021-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Particle Therapy |
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Online Access: | https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-20-00041.1 |