Status report of the NAC particle therapy programme

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 30-32

  Jones, Dan T L ^a   Schreuder, A Nicolaas ^a   Symons, Julyan E ^a   De Kock, Evan A ^a   Vernimmen, Frederick J A ^b   Stannard, Clare E ^c   Wilson, Jennifer ^c   Schmitt, Gerd ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Neutron therapy; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 0032693044     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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