Proton Beam Therapy How Protons are Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment /
While radiation therapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment, traditional linear accelerators mainly use photons to irradiate cancerous tissue. Photons deposit much more energy in the surrounding normal tissue than protons. Proton beam therapy is a revolutionary alternative that deposits most of its ca...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |