Proton Beam Therapy How Protons are Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment /
While radiation therapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment, traditional linear accelerators mainly use photons to irradiate cancerous tissue. Photons deposit much more energy in the surrounding normal tissue than protons. Proton beam therapy is a revolutionary alternative that deposits most of its ca...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- An introduction to proton beam therapy
- Comparative treatment plans
- Proton beam therapy for pediatric conditions
- Proton beam therapy for prostate cancer
- Proton beam therapy for lung cancer
- Proton beam therapy for mediastinal tumors
- Proton beam therapy for the central nervous system
- Proton beam therapy for skull base tumors
- Proton beam therapy for conditions of the eye
- Proton beam therapy for sarcomas.
