Cost‐effectiveness of proton radiation in the treatment of childhood medulloblastoma

Jonas Lundkvist, Mattias Ekman, Suzanne Rehn Ericsson, Bengt Jönsson, Bengt Glimelius

Cancer · 2005 · 128 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

The results of the current study indicated that proton radiation therapy can be cost-effective and cost-saving compared with conventional radiation therapy in the treatment of children with medulloblastoma if the appropriate patients are selected for the therapy. However, there have been few long-term follow-up studies, and more much information on the long-term consequences of radiation therapy is needed.

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