Particles in the South Pacific

Chard, Jennifer; Jackson, Michael J.; Sasso, Giuseppe; Forstner, Dion; Ahern, Verity

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.003

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“…The faculty were also in support of establishing a PBT centre in Australia or New Zealand. 12 RANZCR therefore developed guidelines around who would potentially benefit from PBT and a position paper on particle therapy was published. 13 At present, patients can access PBT overseas by applying for funding through the Australian Federal Government's Medical Treatment Overseas Program (MTOP).…”

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“…In 2015, the Faculty of Radiation Oncology of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) acknowledged that patients in Australia and New Zealand must have access to PBT. The faculty were also in support of establishing a PBT centre in Australia or New Zealand 12 . RANZCR therefore developed guidelines around who would potentially benefit from PBT and a position paper on particle therapy was published 13…”

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Comparative proton versus photon treatment planning for the Medicare Medical Treatment Overseas Program: The Royal Adelaide Hospital experience

Dalfsen

Penfold

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J Med Imag Rad Onc

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Introduction: Australia's first proton beam therapy (PBT) service, The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research, is scheduled to open in the near future providing PBT for patients closer to home. Patients currently access Commonwealth funding for PBT via the Medicare Medical Treatment Overseas Program (MTOP). Proton versus photon treatment planning is a prerequisite for the MTOP application. The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) Department of Radiation Oncology has been providing this since 2016. We aim to provide a descriptive overview of our proton versus photon treatment planning process, presenting a summary of the comparative planning results and the treatment pathways selected for the patients referred. Methods: All patients referred to the RAH for comparative planning between January 2016 and December 2018 were included in the analysis. Comparative plans were generated for each case using Pinnacle or Eclipse treatment planning systems. The planning techniques used and plan quality metrics were reported. Results: Forty three patients were referred for comparative planning. The age range was 1-63 years, with the majority (72%) being paediatric patients (age ≤18 years). Of the 19 cases that have been submitted to MTOP, 16 have been accepted and 3 denied. Two of the accepted cases chose not to travel abroad for PBT. The other 14 cases have received PBT overseas. Conclusions: The RAH has provided an important service to demonstrate the dosimetric difference between PBT and photon therapy for Australian patients, an important step in supporting the funding of patients for treatment overseas.

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Comparative proton versus photon treatment planning for the Medicare Medical Treatment Overseas Program: The Royal Adelaide Hospital experience

Dalfsen

Penfold

et al. 2020

J Med Imag Rad Onc

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“…We also hear the ways in which other nations have solved the proton therapy economic challenge through multicenter consortia, national planning, and even binational centers. Senior figures from the International Atomic Energy Agency and Israel discuss the relevance of proton therapy to lower-income nations and to small but advanced nations that do not want to be left out (8)(9)(10).…”

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Particle Therapy at the “Tipping Point”: An Introduction to the Red Journal's Special Edition

Zietman

2016

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

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Particles in the South Pacific

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Comparative proton versus photon treatment planning for the Medicare Medical Treatment Overseas Program: The Royal Adelaide Hospital experience

Comparative proton versus photon treatment planning for the Medicare Medical Treatment Overseas Program: The Royal Adelaide Hospital experience

Particle Therapy at the “Tipping Point”: An Introduction to the Red Journal's Special Edition

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