Combatting cancer in the third millennium - The contribution of medical physics

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Webb, Steve ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer goals; Cancer treatment; Future prophesy; Radiotherapy physics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649199297     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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