Micro/nanometric Scale Study of Energy Deposition and its Impact on the Biological Response for Ionizing Radiation : Brachytherapy radionuclides, proton and carbon ion beams

Research in radiotherapy for cancer treatment focuses on finding methods that can improve the compromise between tumour cell inactivation versus damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. As new radiation modalities such as proton therapy become accessible for everyday clinical practice, a better und...

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Main Author: Villegas Navarro, Fernanda
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Medicinsk strålningsvetenskap 2016
Subjects:
RBE
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-279385
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9495-7