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Longitudinal Costs of Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation: Lessons From Phase III PARCER Trial for Shaping Resource ...

Of the 300 patients in the PARCER trial, 93 faced grades ≥2 adverse events (3D-CRT = 59, IG-IMRT = 34). Patients in the 3D-CRT and IG-IMRT arms spent an average of 2.39 years and 1.96 years in ...
Medical Xpress

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy provides long-term benefits to patients with locally advanced lung cancer

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) should be the preferred choice when treating patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as it reduces radiation exposure to the ...
Medical Xpress

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy matches proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancer

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 rates of side effects for people ...
News Medical

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy reduces radiation exposure to heart and lungs in NSCLC patients

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) should be the preferred choice when treating patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as it reduces radiation exposure to the ...
Nature

Salvage prostate intensity modulated radiation therapy after cryotherapy failure

Cryotherapy is a minimally invasive procedure that aims to destroy tumor cells by exposing them to extremely low temperatures (− 40 to − 50 °C). Cryotherapy induces cell death through several ...
Science Daily

Proton therapy demonstrates advantages in Phase III head and neck cancer trial

According to preliminary data from a multi-institution Phase III trial intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) achieved similar clinical outcomes and offered significant patient benefits when ...
Fred Hutch

Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...
Healio

Proton therapy, IMRT comparably effective for low-, intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer achieved similar quality-of-life outcomes whether they ...
Nature

Long-term findings of rectal endoscopy and rectal bleeding after moderately hypofractionated, intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer was the second most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in 2020 1. Radiotherapy is a standard treatment option for localized and locally advanced ...
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Intensity modulated radiotherapy matches proton beam therapy for head and neck cancer

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy is as good as proton beam therapy for treating people with head and neck cancer, according to the results of a Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial. The TORPEdO ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) matches proton therapy in patient-reported outcomes for oropharyngeal cancer

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 ...