Carbon-ion pencil beam scanning for thoracic treatment - initiation report and dose metrics evaluation

In conclusion, scanned beam CIRT provided treatments equivalent to passive scattering CIRT for thoracic tumors. Increased sample numbers and longer-term observation are needed.

Source: Journal of Radiation Research - September 29, 2016 Category: Physics Authors: Karube, M., Mori, S., Tsuji, H., Yamamoto, N., Nakajima, M., Nakagawa, K., Kamada, T. Tags: Technical report Source Type: research