Complications after proton radiotherapy in children, focusing on severe late complications. A complete Swedish cohort 2008-2019

CONCLUSION: The most important result of our study is the relatively low proportion of severe late complications, comparable with other proton studies on various tumours. Furthermore, the numbers of late complications are lower than our own data set on a mixed population of photon and proton treated paediatric patients, assuring the safety of using proton therapy also in the clinical practice.PMID:37768736 | DOI:10.1080/0284186X.2023.2260946

Source: Acta Oncologica - September 28, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ulla Martinsson Anna-Maja Sv ärd Petra Witt Nystr öm Anna Embring Anna Asklid M åns Agrup Hedda Haugen Charlotta Fr öjd Jacob Engellau Martin P Nilsson Ulf Isacsson Ingrid Kristensen Malin Blomstrand Source Type: research