Protons for radiotherapy: a 1946 proposal

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-

  Hall, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CYCLOTRON; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 58749088397     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70022-1     Document Type: Note

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