Brain Necrosis in Adult Patients After Proton Therapy: Is There Evidence for Dependency on Linear Energy Transfer?
Andrzej Niemierko, Jan Schuemann, Maximilian Niyazi, D Giantsoudi, Genevieve Maquilan, Helen A. Shih, Harald Paganetti
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRadiation therapyProton therapyMagnetic resonance imagingLinear energy transferNuclear medicineNecrosisVoxelRadiosurgeryRadiographyRadiologyInternal medicineIrradiationNuclear physicsPhysicsRadiation Therapy and DosimetryBrain Metastases and TreatmentAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques