Proton therapy

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf radiation therapy
Cancer treatment
gptkbp:associatedWith Lower risk of secondary malignancies
gptkbp:availableOn gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:India
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_Korea
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
Specialized cancer centers
gptkbp:combines Surgery
immunotherapy
Chemotherapy
gptkbp:covers Some health insurance plans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Proton therapy
gptkbp:is_approved_by gptkb:U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration
gptkbp:is_delivered_in Fractions over several weeks
gptkbp:is_more_expensive_than Conventional radiation therapy
gptkbp:is_more_precise_than Conventional X-ray radiation therapy
gptkbp:is_not_widely_available_in All countries
gptkbp:is_researched_for Pediatric brain tumors
Recurrent cancers
gptkbp:reduces Damage to surrounding healthy tissue
Long-term side effects
gptkbp:regulates National and international health authorities
gptkbp:requires particle physics experiment
gptkbp:treatment gptkb:cancer
Tumors
gptkbp:type External beam radiotherapy
gptkbp:usedFor Brain tumors
Head and neck cancers
Ocular tumors
Pediatric cancers
Prostate cancer
Spinal tumors
gptkbp:uses Proton beams
gptkbp:was_first_proposed_by gptkb:Robert_R._Wilson
gptkbp:was_first_used_clinically 1954
gptkbp:تسمى_أيضا Proton beam therapy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Proton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5