Proton Therapy For Lymphomas: Current State Of The Art

CONCLUSION

PT is an attractive modern radiation modality, with unique properties that may significantly reduce the dose to OARs and potentially spare late toxicity compared to modern photon techniques in patients affected with lymphomas, particularly for those patients with a mediastinal involvement. However, the potential benefit is variable and is based on individual factors as gender, age and disease distribution that should be taken into account on a “case-by-case” accurate analysis. Given the limited number of PT facilities, the additional costs of protons compared to photons, the few clinical reports available to date and some pending issues concerning the biological effect, and the physical properties, it seems reasonable to offer a proton treatment to lymphoma patients only after the achievement of a good competency in the field. Lastly, a careful selection of patients who may benefit from PT, after a proper plan comparison with modern photon therapy, might be a significant step towards further optimized and a more safe RT delivery in hematological diseases.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work

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Umberto Ricardi,¹ Maja V. Maraldo,² Mario Levis,¹ Rahul R. Parikh³

¹Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; ²Department of Clinical Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; ³Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Correspondence: Mario Levis
Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Genova 3, Torino 10125, Italy
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Source: OncoTargets and Therapy.
Originally published October 1, 2019.

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