PTCOG Head and Neck Subcommittee Consensus Guidelines on Particle Therapy for the Management of Head and Neck Tumors

PTCOG Head and Neck Subcommittee Consensus Guidelines on Particle Therapy for the Management of Head and Neck Tumors

Purpose: Radiation therapy is a standard modality in the treatment for cancers of the head and neck, but is associated with significant short- and long-term side effects. Proton therapy, with its unique physical characteristics, can deliver less dose to normal tissues, resulting in fewer side effect...

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Main Authors: Alexander Lin, MD, John H. C. Chang, MD, Ryan S. Grover, MD, Frank J. P. Hoebers, MD, PhD, Upendra Parvathaneni, MBBS, FRANZCR, Samir H. Patel, MD, Juliette Thariat, MD, PhD, David J. Thomson, MA, MD, FACR, Johannes A. Langendijk, MD, PhD, Steven J. Frank, MD, on behalf of the International Particle Therapy Co-operative Group (PTCOG) Head and Neck Subcommittee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2021-06-01
Series:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Subjects:
head and neck cancer
proton therapy
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-20-00071.1

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