Carbon-ion pencil beam scanning for thoracic treatment – initiation report and dose metrics evaluation

Carbon-ion beam scanning has not previously been used for moving tumor treatments. We have commenced respiratory-gated carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) in the thoracic and abdominal regions under free-breathing conditions as a clinical trial. This study aimed to investigate this treatment in the lungs...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karube, Masataka, Mori, Shinichiro, Tsuji, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Naoyoshi, Nakajima, Mio, Nakagawa, Keiichi, Kamada, Tadashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045082/

Similar Items