Treatment with neutrons: Hadrontherapy part II - Physical basis and clinical experience;Le traitement par neutrons: Hadronthérapie partie II - Bases physiques et expérience clinique

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 340-352

  Noel G ^a   Feuvret, L ^a   Ferrand, R ^a   Mazeron, J J ^a,b  

^a Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hadrontherapy; Neutron beams; Particle beam therapy; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NEUTRON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SARCOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0142120560     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(03)00113-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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