India & #39;s First Proton Beam Therapy Pediatric Patient

Raees Tonse, MP Noufal, Chandrashekhar E Deopujari, Rakesh JalaliNeurology India 2020 68(1):189-191 We recently started India's first proton beam therapy facility. Proton beam therapy because of its unique physical characteristics of minimal exit dose has an unequivocal dosimetric superiority over high-end photon/standard X-ray beam therapy and is particularly advantageous in growing children with curable cancers in view of their very high probability of long-term cures. We hereby report a case of a 7-year-old boy with a craniopharyngioma which had been subtotally resected and was subsequently treated with modern pencil beam proton therapy under high-precision image guidance. This is the first ever child ever to be treated with proton therapy in India.
Source: Neurology India - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research