Stereotactic body proton therapy for liver tumors: Dosimetric advantages and their radiobiological and clinical implications

Background and Purpose: Photon Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for primary and metastatic tumors of the liver is challenging for larger lesions. An in silico comparison of paired SBRT and Stereotactic Body Proton Therapy (SBPT) plans was performed to understand the potential advantages of SBPT...

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Main Authors: W. Tristram Arscott, Reid F. Thompson, Lingshu Yin, Brendan Burgdorf, Maura Kirk, Edgar Ben-Josef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631618300484