ReviewThe British journal of radiology2020
Physical advantages of particles: protons and light ions.
Review in The British journal of radiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- Advancing Particle Therapy to Improve Cancer Care: Report on "2nd World Forum on Particle Therapy".International journal of particle therapy · 2026Review
- Quality of life in pediatric patients treated with adjuvant proton radiation for craniopharyngiomas.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Impact of hypoxic versus oxic conditions on local tumor control after proton irradiation in a rat prostate carcinoma.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Out-of-field neutron radiation from clinical proton, helium, carbon, and oxygen ion beams.Medical physics · 2025Article
- Detection of an internal density change in an anthropomorphic head phantom via tracking of charged nuclear fragments in carbon-ion radiotherapy.Medical physics · 2025Article
- Dose assessment in moving targets and organs at risk during carbon ion therapy for pancreatic cancer with respiratory gating.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Experimental validation of a FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation for carbon-ion radiotherapy monitoring via secondary ion tracking.Medical physics · 2024Article
- Prediction of Cell Survival Rate Based on Physical Characteristics of Heavy Ion Radiation.Toxics · 2024Article
- An in-vivo treatment monitoring system for ion-beam radiotherapy based on 28 Timepix3 detectors.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Review of Recent Improvements in Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Glioblastoma.Advances in radiation oncology · 2024Review
- The rationale for a carbon ion radiation therapy facility in Australia.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Review
- Experience and new prospects of PET imaging for ion beam therapy monitoring.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2023Review
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- Neuroprotective Effects of Ultra-High Dose Rate FLASH Bragg Peak Proton Irradiation.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2022Article
- The history of ion beam therapy in Germany.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2022Review
- Dose calculation accuracy in particle therapy: Comparing carbon ions with protons.Medical physics · 2021Article
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- Neutron activation of gadolinium for ion therapy: a Monte Carlo study of charged particle beams.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Proton therapy special feature: introductory editorial.The British journal of radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Proton and ion beam therapy has been introduced in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the mid-1950s, when protons and helium ions have been used for the first time to treat patients. Starting in 1972, the scientists at Berkeley also were the first to use heavier ions (carbon, oxygen, neon, silicon and argon ions). The first clinical ion beam facility opened in 1994 in Japan and since then, the interest in radiotherapy with light ion beams has been increasing slowly but steadily, with 13 centers in clinical operation in 2019. All these centers are using carbon ions for clinical application.The article outlines the differences in physical properties of various light ions as compared to protons in view of the application in radiotherapy. These include the energy loss and depth dose properties, multiple scattering, range straggling and nuclear fragmentation. In addition, the paper discusses differences arising from energy loss and linear energy transfer with respect to their biological effects.Moreover, the paper reviews briefly the existing clinical data comparing protons and ions and outlines the future perspectives for the clinical use of ions like oxygen and helium.
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