Abstract:Despite the proliferation of proton therapy centers worldwide, questions regarding the true benefit and safety of the modality remain. At present, a multitude of dosimetric studies clearly demonstrate that proton therapy has the ability to reduce dose to critical structures in the head and neck and other rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) sites, 1-3 but useful clinical data demonstrating a meaningful benefit in light of this dosimetric advantage are sparse. This is in part due to the scarcity of large proton cohorts with … Show more
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