"Proton Therapy" 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.
The use of an external beam of PROTONS as radiotherapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D061766
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.435
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| Concept/Terms |
Proton Therapy- Proton Therapy
- Proton Therapies
- Therapies, Proton
- Therapy, Proton
- Proton Beam Therapy
- Beam Therapies, Proton
- Beam Therapy, Proton
- Proton Beam Therapies
- Therapies, Proton Beam
- Therapy, Proton Beam
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Proton Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Pseudoprogression in Pediatric Spinal Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Myxopapillary Ependymoma after Proton Therapy: A Case Series. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 09; 72(9):e31873.
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The cochlear dose and the age at radiotherapy predict severe hearing loss after passive scattering proton therapy and cisplatin in children with medulloblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Oct 03; 26(10):1912-1920.
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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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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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The impact of proton therapy on cardiotoxicity following radiation treatment. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 May; 51(4):877-883.
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Tumor bed proton irradiation in young children with localized medulloblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 12; 66(12):e27972.
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Increased risk of pseudoprogression among pediatric low-grade glioma patients treated with proton versus photon radiotherapy. Neuro Oncol. 2019 05 06; 21(5):686-695.
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Patterns of failure following proton beam therapy for head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma. Radiother Oncol. 2019 05; 134:143-150.
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Regional Nodal Control for Head and Neck Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 05 01; 101(1):169-176.
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Ototoxicity and cochlear sparing in children with medulloblastoma: Proton vs. photon radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2018 07; 128(1):128-132.