RBE for proton radiation therapy - a Nordic view in the international perspective.

CONCLUSIONS: The need for collaboration between the clinical proton centres in establishing common platforms and perspectives for treatment planning evaluation and optimisation is highlighted as well as the need of close interaction with the research academic groups that could offer a complementary perspective and actively help developing methods and tools for clinical implementation of the more complex metrics for considering the variable effectiveness of the proton beams.
PMID: 33000988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Oncologica - September 30, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Toma-Dasu I, Dasu A, Vestergaard A, Witt Nyström P, Nyström H Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research