The physics of proton therapy has advanced considerably since it was proposed in 1946.
Today analytical equations and numerical simulation methods are available to predict and …

Charged particle therapy has been largely driven and influenced by nuclear physics. The
increase in energy deposition density along the ion path in the body allows reducing the …

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 …

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 …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Relative to X-ray beams, proton [1H] and carbon ion [12C]
beams provide superior distributions due primarily to their finite range. The principal …

Managing radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac devices (implantable cardiac
pacemakers and implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators) has been a great practical and …

Hospital-based proton facilities may represent a major advance in radiation therapy, in part
because of excellent dose distributions around the tumor, and in part because of the …

The number of incident cancers and long-term cancer survivors is expected to increase
substantially for at least a decade. Advanced technology radiotherapies, eg, using beams of …

Owing to the limited availability of data on the outcome of proton therapy, treatments are
generally optimized based on broadly available data on photon-based treatments. However …

Proton therapy is an expanding radiotherapy modality in the United States and worldwide.
With the number of proton therapy centers treating patients increasing, so does the need for …