Proton Therapy
Proton therapy delivers radiation to tumor tissue in a much more confined way than conventional photon therapy thus allowing the radiation oncologist to use a greater dose while still minimizing side effects. Protons are atoms that carry a positive charge. Just as x-rays (also known as photons) are used to treat both benign and malignant tumors, protons beams can be used to irradiate tumors in a similar way. However, protons deliver a dose of radiation in a much more confined way to the tumor tissue than photons. After they enter the body, protons release most of their energy within the tumor region and, unlike photons, deliver only a minimal dose beyond the tumor boundaries.
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- Advances in Medical Imaging and Diagnosis
- Adaptive radiotherapy
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Biomarkers
- Cancer Biopsy
- Cancer Drug Resistance & Cancer Vaccine
- Cancer Genomics
- Cancer Screening, Diagnosis & Prevention
- Chemotherapy
- Hormone Therapy
- Image guided radiotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Medical Imaging
- Neuro interventional radiology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) Scans
- Precision Medicine
- Proton Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Radioimmunotherapy (RIT)
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry
- Stem Cell Transplant
- Targeted cancer therapies
- Tumor Microenvironment