Tumour Movement in Proton Therapy: Solutions and Remaining Questions: A Review

Movement of tumours, mostly by respiration, has been a major problem for treating lung cancer, liver tumours and other locations in the abdomen and thorax. Organ motion is indeed one component of geometrical uncertainties that includes delineation and target definition uncertainties, microscopic dis...

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Main Authors: De Ruysscher, Dirk, Sterpin, Edmond, Haustermans, Karin, Depuydt, Tom
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586762/