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Proton Therapy Delivery and Its Clinical Application in Select Solid Tumor Malignancies
Published on: February 6, 2019
[External radiation therapy of primary central nervous system tumors - current trends and practice]
1Általános Orvostudományi Kar, Debreceni Egyetem, Onkoradiológiai Tanszék, Debrecen, Hungary. kovacsarpad@med.unideb.hu.
Abstract:
The family of primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors is a highly heterogeneous group of diseases. In the complex care of CNS tumors, in addition to surgical and systemic treatments, modern external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) plays a prominent role. This summary article provides an overview of the current indications related to EBRT, diagnostic procedures, contouring, planning, and radiation therapy techniques and applications that can be used in daily routine for adults' most common primary CNS tumors.
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