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- Title
Clinical results of proton beam therapy for advanced neuroblastoma.
- Authors
Oshiro, Yoshiko; Mizumoto, Masashi; Okumura, Toshiyuki; Sugahara, Shinji; Fukushima, Takashi; Ishikawa, Hitoshi; Nakao, Tomohei; Hashimoto, Takayuki; Tsuboi, Koji; Ohkawa, Haruo; Kaneko, Michio; Sakurai, Hideyuki
- Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of proton beam therapy (PBT) for pediatric patients with advanced neuroblastoma. Methods: PBT was conducted at 21 sites in 14 patients with neuroblastoma from 1984 to 2010. Most patients were difficult to treat with photon radiotherapy. Two and 6 patients were classified into stages 3 and 4, respectively, and 6 patients had recurrent disease. Seven of the 8 patients who received PBT as the initial treatment were classified as the high risk group. Twelve patients had gross residual disease before PBT and 2 had undergone intraoperative radiotherapy before PBT. Five patients received PBT for multiple sites, including remote metastases. Photon radiotherapy was used in combination with PBT for 3 patients. The PBT doses ranged from 19.8 to 45.5 GyE (median: 30.6 GyE). Results: Seven patients are alive with no evidence of disease, 1 is alive with disease progression, and 6 died due to the tumor. Recurrence in the treatment field was not observed and the 3-year locoregional control rate was 82%. Severe acute radiotoxicity was not observed, but 1 patient had narrowing of the aorta and asymptomatic vertebral compression fracture at 28 years after PBT, and hair loss was prolonged in one patient. Conclusion: PBT may be a better alternative to photon radiotherapy for children with advanced neuroblastoma, and may be conducted safely for patients with neuroblastoma that is difficult to manage using photon beams.
- Subjects
NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTON beams; INTRAOPERATIVE radiotherapy; DISEASE progression; NERVOUS system tumors; PATIENTS
- Publication
Radiation Oncology, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1748-717X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1748-717X-8-142