Journal of International Oncology 2009;36(11):867-869

doi:10.3760/cma.j.jssn.1673-422X.2009.11.023

Proton therapy in prostate cancer

Jianguang ZHANG ; Suwen LIU

Keywords

Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Proton

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Proton beams have special physical properties, proton therapy for prostate cancer can increase the radiation dose of targets,significantly reduce the doses delivered to organs at risk, reduce the probability of normal tissue complication and secondary malignancies, improve overall survival in patients with localized prostate cancer.