| Examination of fragment dose contribution in heavy ion radiotherapy. | |
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PMID: 11944059 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Heavy-ion radiotherapy is an efficient method for the treatment of deep-seated tumors, because the stopping of ions in a tissue delivers the maximal absorbed dose to the tumor-affected areas with minimal damage to the healthy tissues. However, heavy ions can undergo nuclear reactions, giving products with lower Z-values and hence a longer range in the tissue. This causes a dose increase beyond the mean range of the primary beam. The contribution of such reaction products was examined in an experiment where a stack of tissue-like targets interleaved with CR-39 etched track detectors (ETD) was irradiated with heavy ions. The analysis was performed using a recently developed technique of trajectory tracing, which enables the spectroscopy of fragments with different Z-values. |
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Authors:
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Marko Giacomelli; Radomir Ilic; Jure Skvarc |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Cellular & molecular biology letters Volume: 7 ISSN: 1425-8153 ISO Abbreviation: Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. Publication Date: 2002 |
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Created Date: 2002-04-10 Completed Date: 2002-07-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9607427 Medline TA: Cell Mol Biol Lett Country: Poland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 112-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Carbon Isotopes Heavy Ions / therapeutic use* Paraffin / radiation effects Radiotherapy / methods* Relative Biological Effectiveness |
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0/Carbon Isotopes; 8002-74-2/Paraffin |
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