The national center for oncological hadron therapy: status of the project and future clinical use of the facility

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Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Orecchia, Roberto ^a   Fossati, Piero ^a   Rossi, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Hadron therapy; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EYE TUMOR; GLIOMA; HADRON; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; ION THERAPY; ITALY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 67649094896     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500207     Document Type: Article

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