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Future trends in cancer therapy with particle accelerators

Hadrontherapy is the radiotherapy technique that uses protons, neutrons or carbon ions. Protons and ions, being, heavy charged particles, allow a more conformal treatment than X-rays and thus spare better the surrounding healthy tissues. By now about 35000 patients have been treated worldwide with p...

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Autor principal: Amaldi, Ugo
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2004
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/816735

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