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2021•Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Biological SciencesOpen access

PROTON THERAPY – MEDICAL PROCEDURE IN ONCOLOGICAL THERAPY S

Camelia PETRESCU, Alexandru Marius DUMITRESCU

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The paper presents proton therapy as a method of treating cancer, the action of proton therapy, the proton as a subatomic particle that can controlled to obtain and deliver radiation directed to tumors and radioactivity. A comparison is made between proton therapy and X-ray radiation, pencil beam scanning technology is presented, treatment with proton therapy, advantages and disadvantages of proton therapy and it finishes with a conclusion and a bibliography.

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The paper presents proton therapy as a method of treating cancer, the action of proton therapy, the proton as a subatomic particle that can controlled to obtain and deliver radiation directed to tumors and radioactivity. A comparison is made between proton therapy and X-ray radiation, pencil beam scanning technology is presented, treatment with proton therapy, advantages and disadvantages of proton therapy and it finishes with a conclusion and a bibliography.

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The paper presents proton therapy as a method of treating cancer, the action of proton therapy, the proton as a subatomic particle that can controlled to obtain and deliver radiation directed to tumors and radioactivity. A comparison is made between proton therapy and X-ray radiation, pencil beam scanning technology is presented, treatment with proton therapy, advantages and disadvantages of proton therapy and it finishes with a conclusion and a bibliography.

Key concepts: Proton therapy, Particle therapy, Proton, Radiation therapy, Pencil-beam scanning, Subatomic particle, Medical physics, Cancer therapy

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