Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland: High Dose Adjuvant Proton Therapy to Improve Patients Outcomes

Conclusion: This is the largest series of patients with ACC treated with high dose adjuvant proton therapy. Proton therapy is a safe and efficient treatment and should be considered as an adjuvant irradiation modality to privilege, for patients with lacrimal ACC after conservative or radical eyeball surgery. Dose delivered to temporal lobe should be limited to avoid brain radionecrosis.
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research