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Setup Uncertainty of Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Receiving Proton Therapy: A Prospective Study

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Proton therapy enables the delivery of a high radiation dose to tumors while sparing surrounding normal tissues. Inaccurate patient positioning may lead to underdosing of the targeted tumor and overdosing of nearby healthy tissues. Before a course of proton therapy, a CT scan is acqu...

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Autores principales: Becksfort, Jared, Uh, Jinsoo, Saunders, Andrew, Byrd, Julia A., Worrall, Hannah M., Marker, Matt, Melendez-Suchi, Christian, Li, Yimei, Chang, Jenghwa, Raghavan, Kavitha, Merchant, Thomas E., Hua, Chia-ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10670653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38001746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15225486