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Table 1 Course of the IPI study

From: Ion Prostate Irradiation (IPI) – a pilot study to establish the safety and feasibility of primary hypofractionated irradiation of the prostate with protons and carbon ions in a raster scan technique

Before radiation

Radiation therapy

Final examination

Radiooncological after treatment

 

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

 

+6 weeks

+6 months

+12 months

+18 months

+24 months

• Spacer injection

• Documentation of toxicities and clinical symptoms by the investigator

• Evaluation and documentation of toxicities

• Documentation of PSA level

• Morphological & functional MRI

• Control of blood counts

• QoL

• Documentation of toxicities

• Planning CT

• Functional MRI in week 3

• Functional MRI

• Functional MRI

• PSA level

  

• QoL (+6 weeks, +6 months and +24 months)

• QoL