"Proton Therapy: Current Status and Future Directions" ed. by Thomas J. FitzGerald, Maryann Bishop-Jodoin

This volume reviews many aspects of proton care including the application of protons in modern clinical trials. It also reviews problems associated with the migration of proton care worldwide and examines the future direction of proton care.

Over the past twenty-five years, proton therapy has become more prominent worldwide. It is an important component of clinical radiation therapy for both adult and pediatric clinical care. Due to the inherent ability of protons to spare normal tissue, protons will continue to develop and become increasingly important in radiation oncology.
This project has been a privilege to help coordinate the text and chapters designed to acknowledge the history, footprint, and growing interest of proton care worldwide. Proton management is now embedded in the clinical trials process. In pediatric care, proton delivery is embedded with photons for the management of pediatric malignancies and adult groups have initiated proton-specific clinical trials. A proton registry has been established and outcomes are under evaluation. Due to the inherent ability of protons to spare normal tissue, protons will continue to develop and become increasingly important in radiation oncology.

Contents
1. History and Overview of Proton Therapy
2. Proton Therapy Center Layout and Interface
3. Multi-Institutional Data Collection and Analysis via the Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry
4. Credentialing Proton Centers for Clinical Trials
5. Clinical Trials Evaluating Proton Therapy
6. Adaptive Proton Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer
7. Proton Therapy in Lower-Middle-Income Countries: From Facts and Reality to Desire, Challenges and Limitations
8. Proton Cancer Therapy: Synchrotron-Based Clinical Experiences 2020 Update
9. The Future of Proton Therapy


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