Proton beam therapy: Clinical indications and summary of the Swiss experience;La radiothérapie par faisceaux de protons: Bases physiques, indications et expérience suisse

Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 807-815

  Weber, Damien Charles ^a,b   Mlrimanoff, René Olivier ^c   Mlralbell, Raymond ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bragg peak; Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Eye tumours; Proton beam therapy

Indexed keywords

CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE TUMOR; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINE CANCER; UVEA MELANOMA; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PROTON;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148845079     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: 17696917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2007.0421     Document Type: Review

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