Proton therapy
By: guest editor, James M. Metz
Series: Radiation medicine rounds -- v. 1, issue 3; Radiation medicine rounds -- v. 1, issue 3.
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781936287154; 9781617050442
Subjects: Radiotherapy; Methods; Cancer; Therapeutic use; Neoplasms; Protons
Notes: Includes bibliographical records and index.
Table of contents: title: Physics considerations in proton therapy / Christopher G. Ainsley, James E. McDonough, and Richard L. Maughan; title: Biology of proton therapy : old and new considerations / Michael J. Eblan and Keith A. Cengel; title: The need for and future of clinical studies of proton therapy / John P. Christodouleas and Stephen M. Hahn; title: Review of proton-beam radiotherapy of prostate cancer / Carl J. Rossi; title: Proton radiotherapy in pediatric malignancies / Sean M. McBride and Torunn I. Yock; title: Proton therapy for adult brain tumors and base of skull tumors / Michelle Alonso-Basanta; title: Proton therapy in lung and esophageal cancers / Joe Y. Chang and Ritsuko Komaki; title: Proton therapy : project planning and development / Lynda J. Mischel; title: Proton therapy in the community / Sameer Keole