Particle beams like protons and heavier ions offer improved dose distributions compared
with photon (also called x-ray) beams and thus enable dose escalation within the tumor …

Charged particle beams can offer an improved dose conformation to the target volume as
compared with photon radiotherapy, with better sparing of normal tissue structures close to …

Particle therapy has a long and distinguished history with more than 50,000 patients having
been treated, mainly with high-energy proton therapy. Particularly, for proton therapy, there …

Proton beam therapy, the most common form of heavy-particle radiation therapy, is not a
new invention, but it has gained considerable public attention because of the high cost of …

Clinical trials using accelerated heavy charged‐particle beams for treating cancer and other
diseases have been performed for nearly four decades. Recently there have been …

Treatment of cancer patients with charged particles like proton and carbon ions landmarks a
new era in high-precision medicine. This review aims to summarize the physical and …

Radiotherapy is one of the most common and effective therapies for cancer. Generally,
patients are treated with X-rays produced by electron accelerators. Many years ago …

Expanding on the highly successful first edition, this second edition of Proton Therapy
Physics has been completely restructured and updated throughout, and includes several …

Particle therapy using protons or heavier ions is currently the most advanced form of
radiotherapy and offers new opportunities for improving cancer care and research. Ions …

Cancer radiation therapy with charged particle beams, called particle therapy, is a new
therapeutic treatment presenting major advantages when compared to conventional …