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A critical appraisal of the clinical utility of proton therapy in oncology
Proton therapy is an emerging technology for providing radiation therapy to cancer patients. The depth dose distribution of a proton beam makes it a preferable radiation modality as it reduces radiation to the healthy tissue outside the tumor, compared with conventional photon therapy. While theoret...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26604838 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/MDER.S65594 |