Californium-252 Isotope for 21st Century Radiotherapy
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jacek G. Wierzbicki.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Imprint: Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
SERIES
Series Title
NATO ASI Series, 3. High Technology,
Volume Designation
29
ISSN of Series
1388-6576 ;
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Californium-252 is a neutron emitter with a high specific activity, making it useful in a variety of applications, the most spectacular of which is in brachytherapy for cancer patients. Radiation oncology has exhausted nearly every option for treating radioresistant tumors by photon brachytherapy, and therefore new types of radiation need to be studied to improve the curability of cancer. Audience: Californium brachytherapy is used in only a few radiation therapy centers in the world, so the book will be highly instructive for radiation oncologists, medical physicists and radiobiologists. The nuclear techniques used in clinical applications may also interest nuclear physicists and engineers.
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9789401064330
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Springer eBooks
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Parallel Title
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Detroit, U.S.A., April 24-27, 1996