"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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| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Proton Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Proton versus photon radiotherapy for patients with oropharyngeal cancer in the USA: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2026 Jan 10; 407(10524):174-184.
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Pseudoprogression in Pediatric Spinal Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Myxopapillary Ependymoma after Proton Therapy: A Case Series. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Sep; 72(9):e31873.
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Safety and early outcomes of proton therapy and low-dose rate brachytherapy boost for patients with prostate cancer. Brachytherapy. 2025 Mar-Apr; 24(2):301-309.
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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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Online Adaptive Proton Therapy Facilitated by Artificial Intelligence-Based Autosegmentation in Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Mar 01; 121(3):822-831.
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Dose Deintensified 3-Day Photon, Proton, or Brachytherapy: A Nonrandomized Controlled Partial Breast Irradiation Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Feb 01; 121(2):352-364.
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Survival outcomes and toxicity of adjuvant immunotherapy after definitive concurrent chemotherapy with proton beam radiation therapy for patients with inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 2024 04; 193:110121.
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Modelling small block aperture in an in-house developed GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo-based dose engine for pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2024 Jan 17; 69(3).
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Proton Therapy Mediates Dose Reductions to Brain Structures Associated With Cognition in Children With Medulloblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 May 01; 119(1):200-207.
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Conventional versus hypofractionated postmastectomy proton radiotherapy in the USA (MC1631): a randomised phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 10; 24(10):1083-1093.