When subatomic physics research meets clinical oncology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2012Publisher:WHO PressJournal:Bulletin of the World Health Organization, volume 90, pages 484-485 (issn: 0042-9686,

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doi: 10.2471/blt.12.030712

When subatomic physics research meets clinical oncology

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Abstract

New but costly forms of hadron therapy to treat certain cancers raise important questions about how much health systems can afford to pay, but for some cancers, including many child cancers, they are among the most promising treatments we have.

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Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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