Kavanagh, A.
, Gillaspy, J.
, Hirst, D.
, Mendenhall, M.
, Nakamura, N.
, Ohtani, S.
, Wantanabe, H.
and Currell, F.
(2021),
Radiation From k-Shell Filling in Highly Charged Ions: A Driver for Resonant Combination Cancer Therapy?, Journal of Physics
(Accessed October 10, 2025)
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Radiation From k-Shell Filling in Highly Charged Ions: A Driver for Resonant Combination Cancer Therapy?
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A P. Kavanagh, , D G. Hirst, M H. Mendenhall, N Nakamura, S Ohtani, H Wantanabe, F J. Currell
Abstract
The possibility of using radiation from bare and hydrogen-like highly-charged ions as a driver for a proposed form of cancer therapy is discussed. This proposed form of therapy, called resonant combination therapy, benefits from a very high contrast ratio between dose to the tumour and dose to the surrounding healthy tissue as is illustrated by some simple model calculations of isodose/ion distributions. The need for further radiobiological measurements and ion source developments in order to make this form of therapy feasible are highlighted.Citation
Journal of Physics
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Journals
Keywords
cancer, high charged ions, radiation therapy, radiotherapy
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Created October 12, 2021