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Proton beam radiotherapy in the management of uveal melanoma: clinical experience in Scotland [PDF]

, 2008
<p>Aim: To evaluate proton-beam radiotherapy (PBRT) in the management of uveal melanoma in Scotland.</p> <p>Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken on all patients receiving PBRT for uveal melanoma (1994–2005).
Aziz, S., Kacperek, A., Kemp, E., McConnachie, A., Taylor, A.   +4 more
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Performance prediction of gamma electron vertex imaging (GEVI) system for interfractional range shift detection in spot scanning proton therapy

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022
The maximum dose delivery at the end of the beam range provides the main advantage of using proton therapy. The range of the proton beam, however, is subject to uncertainties, which limit the clinical benefits of proton therapy and, therefore, accurate ...
Sung Hun Kim, Jong Hwi Jeong, Youngmo Ku, Jaerin Jung, Chan Hyeong Kim   +4 more
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Towards Laser Driven Hadron Cancer Radiotherapy: A Review of Progress [PDF]

, 2014
It has been known for about sixty years that proton and heavy ion therapy is a very powerful radiation procedure for treating tumours. It has an innate ability to irradiate tumours with greater doses and spatial selectivity compared with electron and ...
Bolton, P. R., Ledingham, K. W. D., Ma, C-M., Shikazono, N.   +3 more
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Proton therapy: the current status of the clinical evidences [PDF]

Precision and Future Medicine, 2019
Proton therapy has the potential advantages of better conformal planning and higher biological effect than photon therapy (X-ray) for targeting tumor tissues.
Dongryul Oh
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Fixed-Field Alternating-Gradient Accelerators [PDF]

, 2016
These notes provide an overview of Fixed-Field Alternating-Gradient (FFAG) accelerators for medical applications. We begin with a review of the basic principles of this type of accelerator, including the scaling and non-scaling types, highlighting beam ...
Sheehy, S. L.
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The grid-dose-spreading algorithm for dose distribution calculation in heavy charged particle radiotherapy [PDF]

, 2007
A new variant of the pencil-beam (PB) algorithm for dose distribution calculation for radiotherapy with protons and heavier ions, the grid-dose spreading (GDS) algorithm, is proposed.
Ahnesjö, Azusa Ishizaki, Bortfeld, Deasy, Endo, Hollmark, Hong, Kanai, Kanematsu, Kanematsu, Kanematsu, Kanematsu, Kanematsu, Kohno, Krämer, Langen, Lomax, Mackie, Mackie, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Noda, Petti, Russell, Schaffner, Sharpe, Shunsuke Yonai, Soukup, Szymanowski, Tsuji, Yan   +29 more
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Proton Therapy: Technique of the Future to Treat Cancer Patients [PDF]

Al-Anbar Medical Journal
types of cancer in many countries around the world. However, some countries never used proton beam therapy and do not have any center for it. One of these countries is Iraq. Although the advantages of proton beam therapy over photon beam therapy to treat
Amal Al-Yasiri, Nathan White
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On the accuracy of Monte Carlo based beam dynamics models for the degrader in proton therapy facilities

, 2018
In a cyclotron-based proton therapy facility, the energy changes are performed by means of a degrader of variable thickness. The interaction of the proton beam with the degrader creates energy tails and increases the beam emittance.
Adelmann, A., Baumgarten, C., Meer, D., Rizzoglio, V., Snuverink, J., Talanov, V.   +5 more
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Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma. [PDF]

, 2013
Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma is a surgical complication with significant morbidity to the vision and eye. Few reports in the literature have addressed this complication exclusively.
Chang, Melinda Y, McCannel, Tara A
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Dosimetric evidence confirms computational model for magnetic field induced dose distortions of therapeutic proton beams

, 2017
Given the sensitivity of proton therapy to anatomical variations, this cancer treatment modality is expected to benefit greatly from integration with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
Bussmann, Michael, Gantz, Sebastian, Hoffmann, Aswin L, Lühr, Armin, Oborn, Bradley M, Schellhammer, Sonja M   +5 more
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