Proton Therapy Current Status and Future Directions

• Other Authors: FitzGerald, Thomas J. (Editor), Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2021
• Subjects: Radiotherapy; radiotherapy, oncology, cancer, clinical trials, infrastructure, radiation therapy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Over the past twenty-five years, proton therapy has become more prominent worldwide. It is an important component of clinical radiation therapy for both adult and pediatric clinical care. Due to the inherent ability of protons to spare normal tissue, protons will continue to develop and become incre...