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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: RADIOTHERAPY AND RADIOBIOLOGY

National practice patterns of proton versus photon therapy in the treatment of adult patients with primary brain tumors in the United States

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Pages 66-73 | Received 29 May 2018, Accepted 05 Aug 2018, Published online: 03 Oct 2018

Figures & data

Figure 1. Final patient population with exclusion criteria.

Figure 1. Final patient population with exclusion criteria.

Figure 2. Percentage of reported primary brain tumor proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year.

Figure 2. Percentage of reported primary brain tumor proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year.

Table 1. Patient characteristics by modality.

Table 2. Univariate logistics regression analysis of factors predictive of proton therapy utilization.

Table 3. Multivariate logistics regression analysis of factors predictive of proton therapy utilization.

Figure 3. Percentage of reported primary brain tumor proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year by region. Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY and PA); South (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK and TX); Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE and SD); West (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY, AK, CA, HI, OR and WA).

Figure 3. Percentage of reported primary brain tumor proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year by region. Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY and PA); South (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK and TX); Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE and SD); West (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY, AK, CA, HI, OR and WA).

Figure 4. Percentage of reported glioblastoma proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year.

Figure 4. Percentage of reported glioblastoma proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year.

Figure 5. Percentage of reported glioblastoma proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year by region. Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY and PA); South (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK and TX); Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE and SD); West (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY, AK, CA, HI, OR and WA).

Figure 5. Percentage of reported glioblastoma proton cases out of all external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cases of each diagnosis year by region. Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY and PA); South (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK and TX); Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE and SD); West (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY, AK, CA, HI, OR and WA).

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