Nuclear particles in cancer treatment
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Nuclear particles in cancer treatment
(Medical physics handbooks, 8)
Hilger in collaboration with the Hospital Physicists' Association, c1981
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Bibliography: p168-173. - Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A concise review of the treatment of cancer patients using nuclear particle accelerators. Intended for medical physicists and engineers interested in heavy-particle radiotherapy, for cancer research workers from medical and biological disciplines, and for radiotherapists and radiographers involved with treating cancer patients.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Methods of treating cancer. Physical principles of heavy-particle radiotherapy. Types of radiation and their sources. Dosimetry. Radiobiological principles. Radiobiological and physical properties of beams available for radiotherapy. Clinical experience. Cost and conclusions. References. Index.
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