Estimating the Number of Patients Eligible for Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in the United States

Purpose: Carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) is an emerging radiotherapy modality with potential advantages over conventional photon-based therapy, including exhibiting a Bragg peak and greater relative biological effectiveness, leading to a higher degree of cell kill. Currently, 13 centers are treating...

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Published in:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Main Authors: Timothy D. Malouff, MD, Laura A. Vallow, MD, Danushka Seneviratne, MD, PhD, Anita Mahajan, MD, Robert L. Foote, MD, Bradford Hoppe, MD, Chris Beltran, PhD, Steven J. Buskirk, MD, Sunil Krishnan, MBBS, MD, Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Subjects:
carbon
hadron
us
heavy
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-19-00079.1

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