Proton Therapy Current Status and Future Directions

• Другие авторы: FitzGerald, Thomas J. (Редактор), Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann (Редактор)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: IntechOpen 2021
• Предметы: Radiotherapy; radiotherapy, oncology, cancer, clinical trials, infrastructure, radiation therapy
• Online-ссылка: 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...