J Doyen, P-Y Bondiau, K Benezery, J Thariat, M Vidal, A Gérard, J Hérault, C Carrie, J-M Hannoun-Lévi
Purpose was to summarize results for proton therapy in cancer treatment. A systematic review has been done by selecting studies on the website www.pubmed.com (Medline) and using the following keywords: proton therapy, radiation therapy, cancer, chordoma, chondrosarcoma, uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, meningioma, glioma, neurinoma, pituitary adenoma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma, craniopharyngioma and nasal cavity. There are several retrospective studies reporting results for proton therapy in cancer treatments in the following indications: ocular tumors, nasal tumors, skull-based tumors, pediatric tumors...
October 2016: Cancer Radiothérapie: Journal de la Société Française de Radiothérapie Oncologique