Clinical Outcomes of Proton Beam Therapy for Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We retrospectively researched the treatment outcome of proton beam therapy (PBT) and assessed its efficacy for inoperable locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) at our institution.

Methods and materials

Fifty-four patients (28 men and 26 women, median age 67 years ranging from 40-88 years) were diagnosed with unresectable stage III LAPC and administered PBT from April 2009 to March 2020. Patients who could not complete PBT, had new distant metastases during the treatment, or did not have enough follow-up time were excluded from this study. All patients were clinically staged based on the International Union of Cancer TNM staging system (eighth edition) using computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography and were diagnosed as sta

SUBMITTER: Seto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature