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The purpose of this study is to determine if Proton Therapy can provide effective and safe treatment for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the spine and Neurofibromas of the spine.


Clinical Trial Description

Proton therapy may provide the benefits of local control or palliation, while reducing the risk associated with photon radiation, by delivering therapeutic doses to a well-defined target area with significant reduction in the integral dose. A dosimetry comparison of protons and photons at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute confirmed the feasibility of proton irradiation of these tumors with less exposure of normal tissue to radiation than expected with photon techniques. This reduced radiation exposure to uninvolved normal tissues is expected to decrease the risk of radiation-induced second malignancies and neoplasms. ;


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NCT number NCT01567787
Study type Interventional
Source University of Florida
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Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
Start date June 2013
Completion date August 2015

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