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Proton beam therapy for cancer

Name: Proton beam therapy for cancer
Keywords: Adult, Organs at Risk, Canada, Travel, Evidence-Based Medicine, Brain Neoplasms, Eye Neoplasms, Chondrosarcoma, Skull Base Neoplasms, Health Services Accessibility

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Jun 2019Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 191, pages E664-E666 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

Authors: Derek S. Tsang; Samir Patel;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190008

pmid: 31209133

pmc: PMC6581525

Proton beam therapy for cancer

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Abstract

KEY POINTS Radiotherapy is a central modality for treatment of cancer in one-third of cancer patients. It is designed to target tumour cells and damage their DNA, while using advanced shaping techniques such as beam modulation to avoid normal tissues. Radiotherapy in Canada is delivered using photon

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Adult, Organs at Risk, Canada, Travel, Evidence-Based Medicine, Brain Neoplasms, Eye Neoplasms, Chondrosarcoma, Skull Base Neoplasms, Health Services Accessibility, United States, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Chordoma, Proton Therapy, Humans, Child, Melanoma

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