Designed-seamless irradiation technique for extended whole mediastinal proton-beam irradiation for esophageal cancer
Okonogi Noriyuki, Hashimoto Takatuki, Ishida Masaya, Ohno Toshiki et al. • Radiation Oncology
(2012)
Abstract Background Proton-beam therapy (PBT) provides therapeutic advantages over conformal x-ray therapy in sparing organs at risk when treating esophageal cancer because of the fundamental physical dose distribution of the proton-beam. H...
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10.1186/1748-717X-7-173