Proton Therapy in the Treatment of Men with Breast Cancer

CONCLUSION: In a small case series for a rare diagnosis, PT to the chest wall and regional lymphatics, including internal mammary nodes, resulted in low cardiac exposure, high local regional disease control rates, and minimal toxicity. Proton therapy should be considered for treating men with breast cancer to achieve cardiac sparing.PMID:38075485 | PMC:PMC10698632 | DOI:10.14338/IJPT-23-00007.1

Source: Cancer Control - December 11, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Julie A Bradley Jayden Gracie Raymond B Mailhot Vega Eric D Brooks Tenna Burchianti Oluwadamilola T Oladeru Xiaoying Liang Nancy P Mendenhall Source Type: research