
Case Report
The Cureus Journal of Medical Science is proud to introduce the Proton Therapy: Advanced Applications for the Most Challenging Cases publishing competition. We are seeking new publications demonstrating innovative treatment plans and exceptional clinical responses in which Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) has been utilized. Eligible submissions shall include related technical reports, case reports and case series.
Our goal is to share the results with the Cureus global community of radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons (where applicable), and medical physicists, as well as patients who might benefit. To encourage dissemination and cross-disciplinary awareness, all published materials will be Open Access and indexed with PubMed Central.
The winner of this competition will be determined by general acclaim of the medical community using Cureus Scholarly Impact Quotient™ (SIQ™) crowdsourcing technology.
Program administration has been enabled through the financial support of Varian Medical Systems. Article selection, editorial review, peer review, publication, and competition winner determination are strictly independent of the sponsor.
All article submissions will undergo an independent pre-publication peer review conducted by a world-class team of experts.
The entry period is now closed. Competition entries appear below as they are published. Now is your chance to rate and discuss these articles. Remember, prizes will be awarded to the three highest-rated articles!
Competition entry and article submission is entirely free. Eligible entrees include technical reports, case reports and case series only. All submitted work must be previously unpublished and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All articles must be submitted and formatted via the template-driven, self-publishing Cureus platform. Authors are encouraged to include supporting animations and videos within their article submissions. For additional information on publishing with Cureus, please refer to our Author Guide.
Other Stipulations
Three Cureus Scientific Excellence™ prizes will be awarded to the published articles that receive the highest Cureus SIQ™ (Scholarly Impact Quotient™) rating:
1st Place: $5,000 USD
2nd Place: $2,000 USD
3rd Place: $1,000 USD
Subsequent to a formal editorial and peer review, published articles undergo SIQ scoring – Cureus’ unique crowdsourced, secondary peer-review process. In addition to measuring engagement, SIQ allows the community-at-large to rate the scientific impact and quality of individual articles. Reviewers assign ratings from 1 to 10 on criteria including clarity and rationale, clinical importance, study design and methods, data analysis, novelty of conclusions and quality of presentation.
As engagement and ratings are critical to winning, authors are highly encouraged to share their published articles via social media and email.