Particle therapy at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center (HIT) - Integrated research-driven university-hospital-based radiation oncology service in Heidelberg, Germany

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-44

  Combs, Stephanie E ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,b   Haberer, Thomas ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Gantry; Particle therapy; RBE; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GERMANY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGIOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARASPINAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARBON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HEAVY IONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 77950329106     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.016     Document Type: Review

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