Radiation from K-shell filling in highly charged ions: a driver for resonant combination cancer therapy?

Autor:	Anthony Kavanagh, David G. Hirst, Hirofumi Watanabe, Shunsuke Ohtani, J D Gillaspy, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Frederick Currell
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	History High contrast Materials science Combination therapy Combination cancer therapy Electron shell Cancer therapy Atomic physics Radiation Ion source Computer Science Applications Education Ion
Zdroj:	Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 58:439-442
ISSN:	1742-6596 1742-6588
DOI:	10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/101
Popis:	The possibility of using x-radiation from bare and hydrogen-like highly charged ions as a driver for a proposed form of cancer therapy is discussed. This proposed form of therapy, called resonant combination therapy, benefits from a very high contrast ratio between dose to the tumour and dose to the surrounding healthy tissue as is illustrated by some simple model calculations of isodose/ion distributions. The need for further radiobiological measurements and ion source developments in order to make this form of therapy feasible are highlighted.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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