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Photons vs. Protons in Radiation Therapy

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2011 — A study comparing the long-term outcomes of patients with spinal-cord tumors after radiation therapy suggests that certain subsets of patients have better long-term survival. It also suggests that photon-based radiation therapy may result in better survival than proton-beam therapy, even though patients in the latter category have more favorable characteristics. This is the first study to report the long-term outcomes of spinal-cord tumor patients treated by modern radiotherapy techniques, the researchers say. Gliomas, which represent most spinal cord tumors, develop in about 17,000...Read full article

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    Published: January 2011
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    radiation
    The emission and/or propagation of energy through space or through a medium in the form of either waves or corpuscular emission.
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