Particle Radiotherapy Emerging Technology for Treatment of Cancer

The results of decades of research and development are providing compelling evidence about the efficacy of radiation therapy with proton and carbon ion beams to achieve superior complication free tumor control leading to a world-wide rapid growth in their clinical use. This book contains comprehensive reviews of the state of the art of the technology and physics of heavy charge particle therapy by the experts from the leading cancer centers of world that will be valuable as a practical guide for radiation therapy professionals interested in these modalities.

About the author

Arabinda Kumar Rath, Ph.D. Chairman and M.D. Hemalata Hospitals and Research Center Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Narayan Sahoo, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiation Physics University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Summary

The results of decades of research and development are providing compelling evidence about the efficacy of radiation therapy with proton and carbon ion beams to achieve superior complication free tumor control leading to a world-wide rapid growth in their clinical use. This book contains comprehensive reviews of the state of the art of the technology and physics of heavy charge particle therapy by the experts from the leading cancer centers of world that will be valuable as a practical guide for radiation therapy professionals interested in these modalities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Arabind Kumar Rath (Editor), Arabinda Kumar Rath (Editor), Sahoo (Editor), SAHOO (Editor), Arabinda Kumar Rath (Editor), Narayan Sahoo (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2018
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine
• EAN: 9788132238003
• ISBN: 978-81-322-3800-3
• Pages: 194
• Illustrations: XIV, 194 p. 125 illus., 108 illus. in color.
• Dimensions (packing): 17.8 x 0.9 x 25.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 449 g
• Subjects: Onkologie, B, Medicine, Radiology, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Oncology, Radiotherapy