Long term outcome of skull-base chondrosarcoma patients treated with high-dose proton therapy with or without conventional radiation therapy.

CONCLUSIONS: The outcome of skull-base ChSa patients treated with high-dose protons with or without photons is excellent, particularly for patients with small tumors with no optic pathway compression. Treatment failure was however associated with a significantly increased risk of death.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 16, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Weber DC, Murray F, Combescure C, Calugaru V, Alapetite C, Albertini F, Bolle S, Goudjil F, Pica A, Walser M, Mammar H, Bachtiary B, Lomax T, Noël G, Dendale R, Feuvret L Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research