Head and Neck Cancer Treatment with Particle Beam Therapy
In this century, cancer incidence has become one of the most
significant problems concerning human. Conventional
radiotherapy damage healthy tissue and in some cases may cause
new primary cancers. This problem can be partially solved by
hadron therapy which would be more effective and less harmful
compared to other forms of radiotherapies used to treat some
cancers. Although carbon ion and proton therapy both are
effective treatments, they have serious differences which are
mentioned in this paper and compared between the two methods.
Furthermore, various treatments have been performed on head
and neck cancer with hadrons so far will be discussed.
Keywords: cancer; proton therapy; carbon ion therapy; Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); head; neck
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mehrzad Zargarzadeh
student of Medical radiation engineering
Mehrzad Zargarzadeh
student of Medical radiation engineering