Also: proton therapy, Bragg peak, hadron therapy
Cancer treatment with beams of protons or heavier ions.
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Durante and Paganetti reviewed particle therapy: ions deposit more energy along their path, sparing normal tissue compared with photons, but it remains controversial due to high cost and lack of comparative trials.
As reported in: Durante, Paganetti (2016). Nuclear physics in particle therapy: a review. Reports on Progress in Physics. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/79/9/096702
Wilson proposed the radiological use of fast protons from higher-energy accelerators.
As reported in: Wilson (1946). Radiological Use of Fast Protons. Radiology. doi:10.1148/47.5.487
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