Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations
Proton therapy is a highly conformal radiation therapy technique, widely used for the treatment of eye, prostate, lung and brain tumours. With respect to conventional photon or electron beam therapy, proton therapy has the advantage of higher treatment conformity due to the proton Bragg peak as well as higher radiobiological effectiveness (on average 1.1 as accepted currently in clinical practice) [1,2].
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sally McKinnon, Susanna Guatelli, Sebastien Incerti, Vladimir Ivanchenko, Konstantin Konstantinov, St éphanie Corde, Michael Lerch, Moeava Tehei, Anatoly Rosenfeld Tags: Original paper Source Type: research
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