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Santosh Yajnik - Proton Beam Therapy - 9781461452973 - V9781461452973
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Proton Beam Therapy

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Description for Proton Beam Therapy Hardcover. Guiding the reader through the existing evidence supporting proton beam therapy in an increasing number of cancer cases, this survey shows why this revolutionary treatment, with its more accurate targeting, is generating so much excitement in medicine. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJCL1; MMP; MMPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.

Proton beam therapy is an emerging technology with promise of revolutionizing the treatment of cancer. While nearly half of all patients diagnosed with cancer in the US receive radiation therapy, the majority is delivered via electron accelerators, where photons are used to irradiate cancerous tissue. Because of the physical properties of photon beams, photons may deposit energy along their entire path length through the body. On the other hand, a proton beam directed at a tumor travels in a straight trajectory towards its target, gives off most of its energy at a defined depth called the Bragg peak, and then stops. While photons often deposit ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461452973
SKU
V9781461452973
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About Santosh Yajnik
Santosh V. Yajnik, MD, is Section Chief of Radiation Oncology at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and staff radiation oncologist at CDH Proton Center outside of Chicago. Dr. Yajnik attended medical school at the University of Chicago and completed his residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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