Proton Beam Therapy for Thymic Carcinoma with Pericardial Involvement

Purpose: Thymic malignancies are the most common anterior mediastinal tumors. Advanced thymic carcinoma treatment relies on chemotherapy and definitive radiation therapy when possible. However, pericardial involvement is problematic for radiation therapy treatment planning owing to significant cardi...

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Published in:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Main Authors: Pierre Loap, MSc, Nathaniel Scher, MD, Farid Goudjil, PhD, Youlia Kirova, MD, Nicolas Girard, MD, Kim I. Cao, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Subjects:
thymic carcinoma
cardiotoxicity
deep inspiration breath-hold
proton beam therapy
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-20-00023.1

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