CATANA protontherapy facility: The state of art of clinical and dosimetric experience

After nine years of activity, about 220 patients have been treated at the CATANA Eye Protontherapy facility. A 62MeV proton beam produced by a Superconducting Cyclotron is dedicated to radiotherapy of eye lesions, as uveal melanomas. Research and development work has been done to test different dosi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European physical journal plus 2011-07, Vol.126 (7), p.65, Article 65
Hauptverfasser:	Cuttone, G., Cirrone, G. A. P., Di Franco, G., La Monaca, V., Lo Nigro, S., Ott, J., Pittera, S., Privitera, G., Raffaele, L., Reibaldi, A., Romano, F., Sabini, M. G., Salamone, V., Sanfilippo, M., Spatola, C., Valastro, L. M.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied and Technical Physics Atomic Complex Systems Condensed Matter Physics Cyclotrons Dosimeters Dosimetry Focus Point on Hadrontherapy in Europe Mathematical and Computational Physics Molecular Optical and Plasma Physics Physics Physics and Astronomy Proton beams R&D Radiation therapy Regular Article Research & development Theoretical
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Zusammenfassung:	After nine years of activity, about 220 patients have been treated at the CATANA Eye Protontherapy facility. A 62MeV proton beam produced by a Superconducting Cyclotron is dedicated to radiotherapy of eye lesions, as uveal melanomas. Research and development work has been done to test different dosimetry devices to be used for reference and relative dosimetry, in order to achieve dose delivering accuracy. The follow-up results demonstrated the efficacy of proton beams and encouraged us in our activity in the fight against cancer.
ISSN:	2190-5444 2190-5444
DOI:	10.1140/epjp/i2011-11065-1