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Stray radiation dose and second cancer risk for a pediatric patient receiving craniospinal irradiation with proton beams

Proton beam radiotherapy unavoidably exposes healthy tissue to stray radiation emanating from the treatment unit and secondary radiation produced within the patient. These exposures provide no known benefit and may increase a patient's risk of developing a radiogenic cancer. The aims of this st...

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Main Authors: Taddei, Phillip J, Mirkovic, Dragan, Fontenot, Jonas D, Giebeler, Annelise, Zheng, Yuanshui, Kornguth, David, Mohan, Radhe, Newhauser, Wayne D
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142507/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19305045
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/001
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