Development of a smartphone virtual reality game to support the radiation therapy of children and adolescents in proton centers

• Main Authors: Leonardo Schenck (Author), Christian Bäumer (Author), Björn Ross (Author), Gabriele Schäfer (Author), Nicole Stember (Author), Heike Thomas (Author), Stefan Stieglitz (Author), Beate Timmermann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionFor most patients, cancer therapy with radiation is a new experience coming with many unknown challenges. This can be stressful, particularly for children and adolescents. With the aim of reducing this stress and anxiety, a virtual-reality (VR) game, which can be used by patients prior t...