Particle Therapy in Cancers: Clinical Uses and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Radiobiology and Nuclear Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 November 2023) | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editors
Interests: particle therapy; heavy-ion radiotherapy; carbon-ion radiotherapy; boron neutron capture therapy; artificial intelligence; machine learning; immunotherapy
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Interests: particle therapy; proton; carbon-ion therapy; boron neutron capture therapy; BNCT; heavy-ion therapy; radiotherapy; radiation oncology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Enhancing the therapeutic ratio has been one of the foremost goals of radiation oncology over the past several decades. One of the most promising ways to achieve this is through the use of particles therapeutically, with the promise of enhancing biological response in tumors while sparing normal tissues. Currently, proton therapy is the most commonly used particle, although heavier ions, such as helium and carbon, are being increasingly used clinically.
Although particles have been used clinically for decades, there remains a paucity of high-quality data, and many gaps exist in the literature. Our Special Issue aims to fill these gaps by providing a forum for discussion on recent advances in particle therapy, with an emphasis on where the field is headed in the future.
Topics of interest for our Special Issue include but are not limited to clinical outcomes, radiobiology studies, physics studies, and editorials that promote additional inquiry. All types of particle therapy, including proton therapy, neutron therapy, boron neutron capture therapy, and heavy-ion therapy will be included. Additional topics will be considered at the discretion of the Guest Editors.
Our Special Issue welcomes all submissions, including original research, review articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and any other relevant articles on particle therapy. Manuscripts involving international or multidisciplinary collaboration are particularly welcomed.
Dr. Daniel K. Ebner
Dr. Timothy D. Malouff
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- particle therapy
- heavy-ion radiotherapy
- proton therapy
- carbon-ion therapy
- helium therapy
- neutron therapy
- boron neutron capture therapy
- linear energy transfer
- relative biological effectiveness
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