ESTRO PT 2018

Everything we can do from the physics world to reduce the dose outside the target volume should be very welcome… A single “recent” reference: Newhauser WD and Zhang R: The physics of protontherapy. PMB 60 R155

Some « old » references :

1. R. R. Wilson (1946) "Radiological Use of Fast Protons ", Radiology, 47:487-491 2. A.Wambersie, 1992 , Neutron Therapy: From Radiobiological Expectation to Clinical Reality, Radiation Protection Dosimetry 44:379- 395. 3. Chu W T, Ludgwigt B A and Renner T R 1993 Instrumentation for treatment of cancer using proton and light ion beams Rev. Sci. Instrum. 64 2055–122 4. Koehler AM, Schneider R J and Sisterson J M 1975 Range modulators for protons and heavy ions Nucl. Instrum. Methods 131 437–40 5. Koehler AM, Schneider R J and Sisterson JM1977 Flattening of proton dose distributions for large-field radiotherapy Med. Phys. 4 297–301 6. Mazal A: Proton beams in radiotherapy. In: Handbook of radiotherapy physics. Theory and practice. Chapter 46, pp105-1032. Ed P.Mayles, A.Nahum, J.C.Rosenwald. Taylor & Francis, 2007 7. S. Delacroix, A. Bridier, A. Mazal, J. Daures, A; Ostrowsky, C. Nauraye, A. Kacperek, S. Vynckier, N. Brassard, J.L. Habrand (1997): Proton dosimetry comparaison involving ionometry and calorimetry. Int. J. Radiat Oncol. Biol. Phys. Feb 1997, 37, 3, 711-718 8. G. Kraft. (1990) Radiobiological and physical basis for radiotherapy with protons and heavier ions. Strahlenther. Onkol. 166,10-13

And also http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Radiation_Oncology/Protons

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