Particle radiation therapy using proton and heavier ion beams

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 953-964

  Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; IODINE 125; ION; PROTON; RHODIUM; RHODIUM 106; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEAVY ION;

BENIGN TUMOR; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; GLAUCOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; ION THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHOTON; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEA MELANOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; UVEA TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947535720     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.7816     Document Type: Review

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