Proton therapy: the current status of the clinical evidences

Proton therapy has the potential advantages of better conformal planning and higher biological effect than photon therapy (X-ray) for targeting tumor tissues. While the energy of a photon passes through the target, the energy of a proton is deposited at a certain depth, which in turn is negligible b...

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Main Author: Dongryul Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sungkyunkwan University School of Medi 2019-09-01
Series:Precision and Future Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.pfmjournal.org/upload/pdf/pfm-2019-00058.pdf