Physical and engineering sciences in medicine
Carbon-ions, protons or photons for head and neck cancer radiotherapy-an in silico planning study.
Hyun-Cheol Kang, Shinichiro Mori, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Wataru Furuichi, Naoki Tohyama, Akihiro Nomoto, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Hiroaki Ikawa, Masashi Koto, Shigeru Yamada
Published: 202510.1007/s13246-025-01677-0
Abstract
To compare dose to the organ at risk (OAR) and target coverage of carbon-ion beam, protons, and photons for patients with head and neck cancer. Treatment plans for carbon-ion pencil beam scanning (C-PBS) (64 Gy (RBE) in 16 fractions), proton pencil b…
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