Photon-based Radiotherapy Offers Better Results Against Spinal Cord Tumors, Study.

According to a new study, photon-based radiotherapy can be more effective than proton beam while treating spinal cord tumors. The study also showed that photon radiotherapy offers improved survival on long-term. The findings of this study appear in a recent issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
The study is the first to review the long-term results of spinal-cord tumor patients when treated by more modern radiotherapy procedures. According to researchers, Gilomas are the most common spinal cord tumors; they affect around 17,000 US citizens every year, causing death to 13,000 of them.
Dr. Arnab Chakravarti, chair and professor of Radiation Oncology and co-director of the Brain Tumor Program at The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, said “Our findings need to be verified in a larger number of patients, but they suggest that individuals younger than age 54, those with ependymomas and those treated with photon-based therapy versus proton-beam treatment have better overall survival,”

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Photon-based Radiotherapy Offers Better Results Against Spinal Cord Tumors, Study.