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- Title
Particle therapy in prostate cancer: a review.
- Authors
Greco, C.
- Abstract
While dose escalation is proving important to achieve satisfactory long-term outcomes in prostate cancer, the optimal radiation modality to deliver the treatment is still a topic of debate. Charged particle beams can offer improved dose distributions to the target volume as compared to conventional 3D-conformal radiotherapy, with better sparing of surrounding healthy tissues. Exquisite dose distributions, with the fulfillment of dose–volume constraints to normal tissues, however, can also be achieved with photon-based intensity-modulated techniques. This review summarizes the literature on the use of particle therapy in prostate cancer and attempts to put in perspective its relative merits compared to current photon-based radiotherapy.Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2007) 10, 323–330; doi:10.1038/sj.pcan.4500987; published online 12 June 2007
- Subjects
PROSTATE cancer; CANCER treatment; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUES; RADIATION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Diseases, 2007, Vol 10, Issue 4, p323
- ISSN
1365-7852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.pcan.4500987