Published 1979 | Version v1
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The Committee on Radiation Oncology Studies plan for a program in particle therapy in the United States

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Description

A review is presented of the goals of high-LET radiotherapy and the plans in the U.S.A. for determining the role of various types of particle beams in the curative treatment of patients. (author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Pergamon.
Imprint Place
Oxford
ISBN
0 08 024383 5
Imprint Title
High-LET radiations in clinical radiotherapy
Journal Page Range
p. 237-240.

Conference

Title
3. meeting on fundamental and practical aspects of the application of fast neutrons and other high-LET particles in clinical radiotherapy.
Dates
13 - 15 Sep 1978.
Place
The Hague, Netherlands.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
11541448
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
FAST NEUTRONS; ION BEAMS; MAN; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRON THERAPY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PION BEAMS; PROTON BEAMS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; USA
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BARYONS; BEAMS; DISEASES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; MESON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PRIMATES; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES

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Notes
Imprint:Published as a supplement to the European Journal of Cancer.