Patterns of practice of image guided particle therapy for brain tumours: A site specific multi-institutional survey of the European particle therapy network
There is generally agreement across European proton centres, but variability remained in key components of treatment planning, verification and workflow optimisation, including the frequency and modality of control imaging, plan robustness criteria, and treatment position imaging protocols. These differences reflect both local resource availability and the absence of harmonised guidelines. The minimal requirements for image guidance in brain proton therapy achieved good consensus level and will be very useful for new centres.
Authors
- Petra Trnková (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0347-2981)
- Lorenzo Placidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-9145)
- Daniëlle B. P. Eekers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-6279)
- Anneleen Goedgebeur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1739-8796)
- Alexandru Daşu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-2541)
- Juliette Thariat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-496X)
- Dante Amelio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-1268)
- Iuliana Toma-Daşu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7101-240X)
- Markus Stock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7510-7759)
- Morten Høyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8609-0008)
- Alessandra Bolsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-0399)
- Aswin Hoffmann
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Centre François Baclesse (LU)
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento (IT)
- Centre François Baclesse (FR)
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (AT)
- MedAustron (AT)
- Maastro Clinic (NL)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physica Medica
- Published
- 2025-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2025.105211
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00