Intellectual functioning among case-matched cohorts of children treated with proton or photon radiation for standard-risk medulloblastoma.

Bree R EatonGrace W FongLisa M IngerskiMargaret B PulsiferSubir GoyalChao ZhangElizabeth A WeymanNatia EsiashviliJames L KloskyTobey J MacDonaldDavid H EbbShannon M MacDonaldNancy J TarbellTorunn I Yock

Published in: Cancer (2021)

Radiotherapy-associated cognitive effects appear to be more attenuated after proton therapy. Comprehensive prospective studies are needed to appropriately evaluate the neurocognitive advantages of proton therapy.

Keyphrases

radiation induced
early stage
young adults
locally advanced
bipolar disorder
case control
monte carlo
fluorescent probe