Heavy Ions in Cancer Therapy

JAMA Oncol. 2016 Dec 1;2(12):1539-1540. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.2646.

Authors

Arnold Pompos¹, Marco Durante², Hak Choy¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Heavy Ion Radiotherapy*
Humans
Metals, Heavy / therapeutic use*
Neoplasms / pathology
Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Proton Therapy

Substances

Metals, Heavy

Grants and funding

P20 CA183639/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States