Proton-Beam Therapy: At the Heart of Cardiac Dose-Sparing in Mediastinal Radiotherapy for Thymic Carcinoma

J Thorac Oncol. 2020 Jul;15(7):1240-1242. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.03.034. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Andrew R Barsky¹, Michele M Kim², Graeme R Williams², Brian E Lally³, William S Ingram², Keith A Cengel², Steven J Feigenberg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: Andrew.Barsky@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Penn Radiation Oncology, Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 32353600
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.03.034

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Heart
Humans
Lung Neoplasms*
Organs at Risk
Proton Therapy*
Protons
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Radiotherapy, Conformal*
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated*
Thymoma* / radiotherapy
Thymus Neoplasms* / radiotherapy

Substances

Protons