Report of the AAPM TG ‐256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy

Paganetti, Harald; A. Blakely, Eleanor; Cárabe, Alejandro; J. Carlson, David; J. Das, Indra; Dong, Lei; R. Grosshans, David; D. Held, Kathryn; Mohan, Radhe; Moiseenko, Vitali; Niemierko, Andrzej; D. Stewart, Robert; Willers, Henning

doi:10.1002/mp.13390

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Report of the AAPM TG ‐256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy

Published in Medical Physics • Jan 20, 2019

Authors:

Harald Paganetti

Eleanor A. Blakely

Alejandro Cárabe

Abstract

The biological effectiveness of proton beams relative to photon beams in radiation therapy has been taken to be 1.1 throughout the history of proton therapy. While potentially appropriate as an average value, actual relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values may differ. This Task Group report ou...

Subject

Relative biological effectiveness

Medical physics

Proton therapy

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