Proton Beam Therapy How Protons are Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment

Proton Beam Therapy How Protons are Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment / by Santosh Yajnik.

While radiation therapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment, traditional linear accelerators mainly use photons to irradiate cancerous tissue. Photons deposit much more energy in the surrounding normal tissue than protons. Proton beam therapy is a revolutionary alternative that deposits most of its ca...

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Main Author: Yajnik, Santosh (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Radiotherapy.
Radiology.
Oncology  .
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