Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for the treatment of craniopharyngioma complicated with radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathies: a dosimetric and linear energy transfer (LET) evaluation.

CONCLUSIONS: For children with and without RICVs, quantitative analysis showed a significant correlation with LETd average/maximum values in vascular structures, whilst no correlation was found on dosimetric parameters. PMID: 32387488 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 4, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Bolsi A, Placidi L, Pica A, Ahllhelm F, Walser M, Lomax T, Weber DC Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research