The Future of Proton Therapy

Proton therapy is increasing in utilization worldwide at a rapid rate. With process improvements in costs, footprints, and continued advances in the delivery of care, including intensity modulation and image guidance, proton therapy may evolve into standard treatment with photon radiation therapy. T...

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Main Authors: FitzGerald, Thomas J., Ding, Linda, Riberdy, Christopher, Bailey, Jack, Anderegg, Michael, Elaimy, Ameer, Shen, James, O’Connor, Kevin, Bradford, Carla, Kuo, I-Lin, Fan, Yankhua, Liu, Fenghong, Yu, Suhong, Bushe, Harry, Saleeby, Jonathan, Rava, Paul, Sioshansi, Shirin, Cicchetti, M. Giulia, Moni, Janaki, Ko, Eric, Sacher, Allison, Han, Daniel, Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann
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author FitzGerald, Thomas J.
Ding, Linda
Riberdy, Christopher
Bailey, Jack
Anderegg, Michael
Elaimy, Ameer
Shen, James
O’Connor, Kevin
Bradford, Carla
Kuo, I-Lin
Fan, Yankhua
Liu, Fenghong
Yu, Suhong
Bushe, Harry
Saleeby, Jonathan
Rava, Paul
Sioshansi, Shirin
Cicchetti, M. Giulia
Moni, Janaki
Ko, Eric
Sacher, Allison
Han, Daniel
Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann
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Bailey, Jack
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Bradford, Carla
Bushe, Harry
Cicchetti, M. Giulia
Ding, Linda
Elaimy, Ameer
Fan, Yankhua
FitzGerald, Thomas J.
Han, Daniel
Ko, Eric
Kuo, I-Lin
Liu, Fenghong
Moni, Janaki
O’Connor, Kevin
Rava, Paul
Riberdy, Christopher
Sacher, Allison
Saleeby, Jonathan
Shen, James
Sioshansi, Shirin
Yu, Suhong
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Ding, Linda
Riberdy, Christopher
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Kuo, I-Lin
Fan, Yankhua
Liu, Fenghong
Yu, Suhong
Bushe, Harry
Saleeby, Jonathan
Rava, Paul
Sioshansi, Shirin
Cicchetti, M. Giulia
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Ko, Eric
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description Proton therapy is increasing in utilization worldwide at a rapid rate. With process improvements in costs, footprints, and continued advances in the delivery of care, including intensity modulation and image guidance, proton therapy may evolve into standard treatment with photon radiation therapy. This chapter reviews process improvements in proton therapy and the application in modern care.
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Ding, Linda
Riberdy, Christopher
Bailey, Jack
Anderegg, Michael
Elaimy, Ameer
Shen, James
O’Connor, Kevin
Bradford, Carla
Kuo, I-Lin
Fan, Yankhua
Liu, Fenghong
Yu, Suhong
Bushe, Harry
Saleeby, Jonathan
Rava, Paul
Sioshansi, Shirin
Cicchetti, M. Giulia
Moni, Janaki
Ko, Eric
Sacher, Allison
Han, Daniel
Bishop-Jodoin, Maryann
The Future of Proton Therapy
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topic Health Sciences
url https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/76813
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