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first small group of patients was treated
there in 1954.
This was a revelation to me and, I
imagine, to most readers of Scope today. In
the UK at Clatterbridge, protons have been
used to treat ocular tumours, with good
results, since 1989. Worldwide, many
different sites have been treated since the
1970s, with Russia and Japan leading in
contention with the United States. There
has been an exponential rise in interest
over the last 30 years as demonstrated by
the rise in papers in peer-reviewed
journals. From one or two in 1980, there
were almost 150 in 2010. You will find all
this in Chapter 1 of this amazing book.
There are 22 contributors, mostly
American physicists, but with input from
Germany, Switzerland, NPL (UK) and the
Netherlands. The editor, who provides
several chapters himself, is of German
origin but has been the Director of Physics
Research in Boston, Massachusetts, for
some years.
The basic physics is thoroughly
explored in the 60 pages of Chapter 2.
Cyclotrons, synchrotrons and accelerator
technologies are dealt with in Chapter 3,
followed by several chapters on clinical
uses, dosimetry and treatment planning.
There is comprehensive coverage of all
aspects of proton radiotherapy here, set out
in a concise manner for readers who have a
good knowledge of physics to start with.
“
Did you know that the
possibility of using protons
in radiotherapy was first
postulated as long ago as
1946?
”
I think that this book will be an
indispensable aid for physicists beginning
to work in the area of proton therapy and I
have no hesitation in recommending it.
The future of radiotherapy depends
upon precise beam shaping and being able
to use the distal fall off in dose due to finite
beam range.
Professor Angela Newing is a Retired
Director of Medical Physics for
Gloucestershire, UK
PROTON THERAPY PHYSICS (SERIES IN
MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING)
Editor: Harald Paganetti
Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)
ISBN: 9781439836446
Format: Hardback
Pages: 704
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