Early Toxicities After High Dose Rate Proton Therapy in Cancer Treatments

The conventional dose rate of radiation therapy is 0.01-0.05 Gy per second. According to preclinical studies, an increased dose rate may offer similar anti-tumoral effect while dramatically improving normal tissue protection. This study aims at evaluating the early toxicities for patients irradiated with high dose rate pulsed proton therapy (PT).A single institution retrospective chart review was performed for patients treated with high dose...