Early toxicity and patient reported quality-of-life in patients receiving proton therapy for localized prostate cancer: a single institutional review of prospectively recorded outcomes

Early toxicity and patient reported quality-of-life in patients receiving proton therapy for localized prostate cancer: a single institutional review of prospectively recorded outcomes

Abstract Background We report prospectively captured clinical toxicity and patient reported outcomes in a single institutional cohort of patients treated for prostate cancer with proton beam therapy (PBT). This is the largest reported series of patients treated mostly with pencil beam scanning PBT....

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Main Authors: Howard J. Lee, Meghan W. Macomber, Matthew B. Spraker, Stephen R. Bowen, Daniel S. Hippe, Angela Fung, Kenneth J. Russell, George E. Laramore, Ramesh Rengan, Jay Liao, Smith Apisarnthanarax, Jing Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Proton therapy
Quality of life
Patient reported outcomes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1127-6

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