Photons vs. protons for treatment of spinal cord gliomas
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:33
in Health & Medicine
A study comparing the long-term outcomes of patients with spinal-cord tumors following 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 in patients with more favorable characteristics.