Dose prescription in carbon ion radiotherapy: How to compare two different RBE-weighted dose calculation systems.

CONCLUSIONS: Prescription dose conversion factors could minimize target physical dose variations due to the use of different radiobiological models in the calculation of CIRT RBE-weighted dose.
PMID: 27394694 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 5, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Molinelli S, Magro G, Mairani A, Matsufuji N, Kanematsu N, Inaniwa T, Mirandola A, Russo S, Mastella E, Hasegawa A, Tsuji H, Yamada S, Vischioni B, Vitolo V, Ferrari A, Ciocca M, Kamada T, Tsujii H, Orecchia R, Fossati P Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research