2020 Joint AAPM | COMP Virtual Meeting - Session: Point/Counterpoint: Most Pediatric Patients Should Be Treated at Proton Therapy Centers
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For the Proposition: Proton Therapy for Pediatric Patients: Positively Necessary Dennis Mah, PhD Procure Treatment Center |
All videos in this session:
Overview of Pediatric Radiotherapy: Photon, Proton, and Beyond - Chia-Ho Hua, PhD St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital | |
For the Proposition: Proton Therapy is Technically Superior to Photon Therapy - Stella Flampouri, PhD Emory University | |
Against the Proposition: Photon Therapy is More Versatile and Delivery is Less Uncertain Than Proton Therapy - Ping Xia, PhD The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | |
Against the Proposition: Very Few Pediatric Patients Will Clinically Benefit from Protons Over Photons (Does Every Gy Matter?) - Arthur Olch, PhD Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | |
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Overview of Pediatric Radiotherapy: Photon, Proton, and Beyond
For the Proposition: Proton Therapy is Technically Superior to Photon Therapy
Against the Proposition: Photon Therapy is More Versatile and Delivery is Less Uncertain Than Proton Therapy
Against the Proposition: Very Few Pediatric Patients Will Clinically Benefit from Protons Over Photons (Does Every Gy Matter?)
Q & A