Sabina Vennarini

TL;DR: The dose to whole heart was relatively low and proton beam radiation was associated with lower minimum, maximum, and dose to 0.2 cm3 of the LAD, which is the critical structure for late radiation therapy effects, compared to even the most optimized photon beam plan with DIBH and IMRT.

TL;DR: The state of the art of proton therapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies is presented, which could translate into clinical reduction of side effects, including a lower risk for secondary cancers.

TL;DR: Special methods adopted for CSI at proton Therapy Center of Trento by pencil beam scanning allowed to effectively perform proton PBS CSI with reduced dose to organs-at-risk.

TL;DR: The feasibility of radiation therapy treatment planning 4-dimensional computed tomography and deep-inspiration breath-hold CT to accurately contour the left anterior descending artery (LAD), a primary indicator of radiation-induced cardiac toxicity for patients undergoing radiation therapy, is assessed.