Proton therapy can be used to treat about 80 percent to 85 percent of children whose cancers require radiation therapy for treatment. These include:
Brain and Central Nervous System
- Astrocytoma
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Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (ATRT)
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Craniopharyngioma
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Ependymoma
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Intracranial germ cell tumors (germinoma)
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Low-grade glioma
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Medulloblastoma
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Meningioma
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Optic nerve tumors
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Optic pathway / hypothalamic glioma
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Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor (intracranial PNET)
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Retinoblastoma
Solid Tumors
Lymphoma