Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy Principles, Practices, and Treatment Planning /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsujii, Hirohiko (Editor), Kamada, Tadashi (Editor), Shirai, Toshiyuki (Editor), Noda, Koji (Editor), Tsuji, Hiroshi (Editor), Karasawa, Kumiko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medical and Radiation Physics.

This book serves as a practical guide for the use of carbon ions in cancer radiotherapy. On the basis of clinical experience with more than 7,000 patients with various types of tumors treated over a period of nearly 20 years at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, step-by-step procedures...