SAN FRANCISCO, September 29, 2025 — A new phase III clinical trial finds that intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy resulted in similar quality-of-life outcomes and low ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for late feeding tube dependence was low and did not differ between intensity-modulated radiation therapy ...

The first randomized trial to compare proton therapy with conventional radiotherapy has not found a difference in toxicity, which is the main claim for superiority of proton therapy. The trial was ...

At five years, 90.9% of proton patients were alive compared to 81% with traditional radiation Proton therapy also showed benefits in quality of life, such as less feeding tube dependence, less ...

Overall, at 3 years, proton therapy was associated with higher rates of osteoradionecrosis than intensity‑modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma ...

A study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute evaluates the efficacy and safety of proton therapy for patients with lower grade gliomas (LGGs). The single-arm prospective phase 2 ...

Proton therapy requires specialized facilities and training, however, making it less widely available and substantially more expensive. "Radiation oncologists have debated whether photon or proton ...

Tumor Site–Specific Radiation-Induced Lymphocyte Depletion Models After Fractionated Radiotherapy: Considerations of Model Structure From an Aggregate Data Meta-Analysis Lymphocytes play critical ...