Proton therapy in pediatric neuro-oncology. Potential advantages and the relationship between cost and results

The aim of study to analyze the accumulated experience and try to identify those clinical situations in which the use of protons will be economically and clinically more effective than photon radiation therapy. Material and Methods. The articles devoted to the study of the evaluation and comparison of the effectiveness of proton and photon radiation beams in the treatment of tumors of the central nervous system and published over the past 25 years were searched in the Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library databases.