Vol 5, No 4 (August 18, 2016): Chinese Clinical Oncology (Proton Therapy-Guest Editors: Minesh Mehta, Arpit Chhabra)

Editorial

An overview of modern proton therapy
Arpit Chhabra, Katja Langen, Minesh P. Mehta

Review Article

Treatment of common pediatric CNS malignancies with proton therapy
Arpit Chhabra, Anita Mahajan
Proton therapy for the management of uveal melanoma and other ocular tumors
Kavita K. Mishra, Inder K. Daftari
Proton therapy for tumors of the base of the skull
Georges Noel, Vinai Gondi
Novel applications of proton therapy in breast carcinoma
John J. Cuaron, Shannon M. MacDonald, Oren Cahlon
Proton beam therapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer
Steven H. Lin, Christopher L. Hallemeier, Michael Chuong
Reduced acute toxicity and improved efficacy from intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for the management of head and neck cancer
Matthew R. McKeever, Terence T. Sio, G. Brandon Gunn, Emma B. Holliday, Pierre Blanchard, Merrill S. Kies, Randal S. Weber, Steven J. Frank
Controversies in proton therapy for prostate cancer
Curtis Bryant, Randal H. Henderson, Bradford S. Hoppe, William M. Mendenhall, R. Charles Nichols, Zhong Su, Zuofeng Li, Nancy P. Mendenhall
Cost-comparativeness of proton versus photon therapy
Vivek Verma, Chirag Shah, Jean-Claude M. Rwigema, Timothy Solberg, Xiaofeng Zhu, Charles B. Simone II

Guideline

Chinese Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Melanoma (2015 Edition)
Jun Guo, Shukui Qin, Jun Liang, Tongyu Lin, Lu Si, Xiaohong Chen, Zhihong Chi, Chuanliang Cui, Nan Du, Yun Fan, Kangsheng Gu, Fang Li, Junling Li, Yongheng Li, Houjie Liang, Jiwei Liu, Man Lu, Aiping Lu, Kejun Nan, Xiaohui Niu, Hongming Pan, Guoxin Ren, Xiubao Ren, Yongqian Shu, Xin Song, Min Tao, Baocheng Wang, Wenbin Wei, Di Wu, Lingying Wu, Aiwen Wu, Xiaolin Xu, Junyi Zhang, Xiaoshi Zhang, Yiping Zhang, Huiyan Zhu, written on behalf of Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) Melanoma Panel

Commentary

Training a new generation of surgeons worldwide who are also oncologists
Charles M. Balch, Graeme J. Poston, Daniel Coit, Riccardo Audisio

Disclosure:

The focused issue “Proton Therapy­” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Chinese Clinical Oncology without any sponsorship or funding. Minesh Mehta and Arpit Chhabra served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.