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 …

Recent advances in radiotherapy have enabled the use of different types of particles, such
as protons and heavy ions, as well as refinements to the treatment of tumours with standard …

The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

Inside the Sixth Edition of this now-classic reference, you will discover encyclopedic
coverage of topics ranging from basic science to sophisticated computer-based radiation …

Purpose Proton radiation, when compared with photon radiation, allows delivery of
increased radiation dose to the tumor while decreasing dose to adjacent critical structures …

Conventional radiation therapy directs photons (X-rays) and electrons at tumours with the
intent of eradicating the neoplastic tissue while preserving adjacent normal tissue. Radiation …

Osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma are the most common malignant
musculoskeletal tumors in children and adolescents. Today, most patients can be cured …

Radiation-induced bystander effects are defined as biological effects expressed after
irradiation by cells whose nuclei have not been directly irradiated. These effects include …

It has been long known that patients treated with ionizing radiation carry a risk of developing
a second cancer in their lifetimes. Factors contributing to the recently renewed concern …

Purpose: The impact of different local therapy approaches on local control, event-free
survival, and secondary malignancies in the CESS 81, CESS 86, and EICESS 92 trials was …