Prescribing, Recording, and Reporting Proton-Beam Therapy-80CFEF81

Proton therapy is a rapidly expanding modality and the number of new facilities is rapidly increasing.  The advantage of proton beams relative to conventional photon beams for radiation therapy lies in their superior dose distributions.   The efficacy of proton therapy is well established for several tumor categories.  The present report provides information necessary to standardize techniques and procedures and to harmonize the clinical descriptions of proton treatments with those of other modalities. The concepts and recommendations in other ICRU reports concerning radiation therapy are extended to proton therapy.