TY - JOUR
T1 - Charged particles in radiotherapy
T2 - A 5-year update of a systematic review
AU - De Ruysscher, D.
AU - Pijls-Johannesma, M.
AU - Mark Lodge, M.
AU - Jones, B.
AU - Brada, M.
AU - Munro, A.
AU - Jefferson, T.
N1 - Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Although proton therapy has been used for many decades because of their superior dose distribution over photons and reduced integral dose, their clinical implementation is still controversial. We updated a systematic review of charged particle therapy. Although still no randomised trials were identified, the field is moving quickly and we therefore also formulated ways to move forward. In our view, the aim should be to build enough proton therapy facilities with interest in research to further improve the treatment and to run the needed clinical trials.
AB - Although proton therapy has been used for many decades because of their superior dose distribution over photons and reduced integral dose, their clinical implementation is still controversial. We updated a systematic review of charged particle therapy. Although still no randomised trials were identified, the field is moving quickly and we therefore also formulated ways to move forward. In our view, the aim should be to build enough proton therapy facilities with interest in research to further improve the treatment and to run the needed clinical trials.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859721819&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.01.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859721819
SN - 0167-8140
VL - 103
SP - 5
EP - 7
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
IS - 1
ER -