Proton Therapy Mediates Dose Reductions to Brain Structures Associated with Cognition in Children with Medulloblastoma

CONCLUSIONS: Proton therapy reduces doses to normal brain structures as compared with photon treatment. This leads to reduced cognitive decline post-RT across multiple intellectual endpoints. Proton therapy should be offered to children receiving radiation for medulloblastoma.PMID:38040059 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.11.035

Source: Health Physics - December 1, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Julianna Sienna Lisa S Kahalley Donald Mabbott David Grosshans Anna Theresa Santiago Arnold Dela Cruz Paulino Thomas E Merchant Gohar S Manzar Hitesh Dama David C Hodgson Murali Chintagumpala Mehmet Fatih Okcu William E Whitehead Normand Laperriere Vijay Source Type: research