Protons. A step forward or perhaps only more expensive radiation therapy?

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 798-800

  Dahl, Olav ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 28844499102     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500456120     Document Type: Editorial

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