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Abramson Cancer CenterPTCOG May 12, 2011
OncoLink reporters provide up-to-date coverage of the annual Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG 50) meeting in Philadelphia, PA, May 8-14, 2011.
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External beam radiation therapy continues to maintain pediatric Retinoblastoma
Presenter: Andrew L. Chang, David Andolino, Hiral Fontanilla, Anita Mahajan Presenter's Institution: Indiana University Proton Therapy Cancer Center and M.D. Anderson Proton Therapy Center Background/Introduction Retinoblastoma is a... |
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Proton beam therapy for retroperitoneal neuroblastoma
Presenter: Hiroshi Fuji, M.D. Background/Introduction Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor malignancy in children and the most common malignancy in infants less than 1 year old. Neuroblastoma most commonly arises in the... |
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Proton Therapy for Craniopharyngioma
Presenter: Andrew Chang, MD Presenter's Affiliation: Indiana University, Bloomington Proton Center Background Cranipharyngiomas are benign intracranial tumors arising from Rathke’s pouch in the sellar region. They often have a solid... |
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Respiratory Liver Motion Extraction for Proton Therapy with Active Scanning Beam Delivery by Deformable Registration
Presenter: Ye Zhang1,2, Antje-Christin Knopf1,Dirk Boye1, Tony Lomax1 Presenter's Institution: Center for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland and Computer Vision Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Background/Introduction ... |
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Spot-Scanning based proton radiation therapy for pediatric ependymoma: clinical outcome of 25 patients treated at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
Presenter: Ares, C. Presenter's Affiliation: Center for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland Background Ependymomas are rare brain tumors that occur in young children. They arise from ependymal cells which form... |
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Use of robots to improve patients' treatment and throughput
Presenter: Regis Ferrand Presenter's Affiliation: Institut Curie-Centre de Protontherapie d'Orsay Presentation/Overview The purpose of this presentation was to provide an overview of the 15-20 year history of the use of robotic couches at... |
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