Superior Intellectual Outcomes After Proton Radiotherapy Compared with Photon Radiotherapy for Pediatric Medulloblastoma
Pediatric patients with medulloblastoma responded more favorably in this first known study to compare intellectual trajectories between those treated with proton radiotherapy versus those treated with photon radiotherapy.
Pediatric patients with medulloblastoma responded more favorably in this first known study to compare intellectual trajectories between those treated with proton radiotherapy versus those treated with photon radiotherapy. Proton radiotherapy may lessen the neuropsychological risk traditionally associated with cranial radiotherapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors by reducing the dose to normal tissue compared with that of photon radiotherapy.