Particle Therapy in Australia: iacta alea est!

Verity Ahern^{1

2}, David Thwaites^{1

3}, Peter Gorayski^{4

5}, Gerard G Hanna^{6

7}, Lizbeth Kenny^{8

9}, Giuseppe Sasso^{10

11}, Hien Le^{4

5}, Michael Penniment^{4

12}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Medicine, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁹ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁰ Radiation Oncology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹¹ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹² Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 32975366
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.13104

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Particle Therapy in Australia: iacta alea est!

Verity Ahern et al. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;64(5):679-681.

doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13104. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Authors

Verity Ahern^{1

2}, David Thwaites^{1

3}, Peter Gorayski^{4

5}, Gerard G Hanna^{6

7}, Lizbeth Kenny^{8

9}, Giuseppe Sasso^{10

11}, Hien Le^{4

5}, Michael Penniment^{4

12}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Medicine, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁹ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁰ Radiation Oncology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹¹ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹² Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 32975366
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.13104

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