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University of Miami
To evaluate and compare the incidence of xerostomia (“dry mouth”) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), across unilateral (UT) and bilateral (BT) treatme...
Proton therapy’s ability to spare normal tissue generally lowers complications, making it an attractive treatment option for head and neck (HN) cancer. Yet, oral mucositis, one of the most frequent and clinically relevant toxicities, occurs in approximately 6...
Proton therapy plans are optimized by relating the delivered dose to an equivalent photon dose using the Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE). Clinically, a constant RBE of 1.1 is assumed, despite evidence that RBE varies along the proton beam path. Accura...