Deep Seated Tumour Treatments With Electrons of High Energy Delivered at FLASH Rates: The Example of Prostate Cancer

Different therapies are adopted for the treatment of deep seated tumours in combination or as an alternative to surgical removal or chemotherapy: radiotherapy with photons (RT), particle therapy (PT) with protons or even heavier ions like 12C, are now available in clinical centres. In addition to th...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Oncology
Main Authors:	Alessio Sarti, Patrizia De Maria, Giuseppe Battistoni, Micol De Simoni, Cinzia Di Felice, Yunsheng Dong, Marta Fischetti, Gaia Franciosini, Michela Marafini, Francesco Marampon, Ilaria Mattei, Riccardo Mirabelli, Silvia Muraro, Massimiliano Pacilio, Luigi Palumbo, Loredana Rocca, Damiana Rubeca, Angelo Schiavi, Adalberto Sciubba, Vincenzo Tombolini, Marco Toppi, Giacomo Traini, Antonio Trigilio, Vincenzo Patera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Subjects:	external beam radio therapy prostate cancer FLASH effect very high energy electrons deep seated tumours
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.777852/full