Initial clinical experience with scanned proton beams at the Italian National Center for Hadrontherapy (CNAO)

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Tuan, J ^a   Vischioni, B ^b   Fossati, P ^b,f   Srivastava, A ^b   Vitolo, V ^b   Iannalfi, A ^b   Fiore, M R ^b   Krengli, M ^b,d   Mizoe, J E ^e   Orecchia, R ^b,c,f  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e Nagoya City University West Medical Center   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; GRAY EQUIVALENT; HADRON THERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROTON THERAPY; TOXICITY DATA;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 84880246105     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt036     Document Type: Review

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