A study of the beam-specific interplay effect in proton pencil beam scanning delivery in lung cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that MI can predict the level of dose degradation, which potentially serves as a clinical decision tool to assess whether lung cancer patients are potentially suitable to receive PBS treatment.
PMID: 28358666 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Acta Oncologica - March 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kang M, Huang S, Solberg TD, Mayer R, Thomas A, Teo BK, McDonough JE, Simone CB, Lin L Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research