Amplification of Proton therapy through Proton-Boron Fusion

Document Type : Conference Paper

Authors

Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Fars, Iran

Abstract

The most common method External radiation therapy uses beams of photons, protons, neutrons and heavy ions. The use of proton beams to treat cancer due to the Bragg peak in the target volume, causing less damage to surrounding tissue, and this is one of the benefits of this treatment.

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