"Protons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Stable elementary particles having the smallest known positive charge, found in the nuclei of all elements. The proton mass is less than that of a neutron. A proton is the nucleus of the light hydrogen atom, i.e., the hydrogen ion.
| Descriptor ID |
D011522
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.248.497.300.459.700 D01.268.406.750 D01.362.340.750 G01.249.660.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Protons- Protons
- Proton
- Hydrogen Ions
- Hydrogen Ion
- Ion, Hydrogen
- Ions, Hydrogen
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Protons" by people in Profiles.
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Distinct molecular responses of human intestinal organoids to proton and photon radiation. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2025 12 01; 329(6):G734-G746.
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Renal function in abdominal neuroblastoma patients undergoing proton radiotherapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 01; 70(1):e29981.
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Cognitive and Imaging Differences After Proton and Photon Whole Brain Irradiation in a Preclinical Model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 02 01; 112(2):554-564.
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Overall survival and secondary malignant neoplasms in children receiving passively scattered proton or photon craniospinal irradiation for medulloblastoma. Cancer. 2021 Oct 15; 127(20):3865-3871.
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Long-term inter-platform reproducibility, bias, and linearity of commercial PDFF MRI methods for fat quantification: a multi-center, multi-vendor phantom study. Eur Radiol. 2021 Oct; 31(10):7566-7574.
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Hypothyroidism after craniospinal irradiation with proton or photon therapy in patients with medulloblastoma. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 May; 35(4):257-267.
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Comparing Intelligence Quotient Change After Treatment With Proton Versus Photon Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Apr 01; 34(10):1043-9.
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Proton energy optimization and reduction for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2014 Nov 07; 59(21):6341-54.
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Is there a clinical benefit with a smooth compensator design compared with a plunged compensator design for passive scattered protons? Med Dosim. 2015; 40(1):37-43.
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Evaluation of the systematic error in using 3D dose calculation in scanning beam proton therapy for lung cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2014 Sep 08; 15(5):4810.