RONC-02. Clinical outcome after craniospinal irradiation with pencil beam scanning proton therapy for children and young adults/adolescents with brain tumors
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) is an essential treatment component to achieve cure for some brain tumors in children and young adults/adolescents (C-AYAs). Multimodal treatment approaches are however associated with treatment-related late toxicities in these developing patients. Pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBSPT) allows for a minimization of dose delivered to organs at risk and the brain integral dose and, thus, potentially also a reduction of radiation-induced adverse events. We report th… Show more
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