International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 228-235 , 1 September 2008

Risk of Developing Second Cancer From Neutron Dose in Proton Therapy as Function of Field Characteristics, Organ, and Patient Age

  • Christina Zacharatou Jarlskog, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Harald Paganetti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Harald Paganetti, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 30 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114. Tel: (617) 726-5847; Fax: (617) 724-0368

Received 28 January 2008 ,Revised 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2008.

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 Supported in part by National Cancer Institute Grant R01 CA 116743.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)00815-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.069

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 228-235 , 1 September 2008

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