Basics of particle therapy II biologic and dosimetric aspects of clinical Hadron therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646-649

  Rong, Yi ^a,b   Welsh, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UW Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadron therapy; Linear energy transfer (LET); Neutron therapy; Proton therapy; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HADRON THERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON THERAPY; PHOTON THERAPY; PION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650026023     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181cdf0fe     Document Type: Review

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