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. 2023 Aug;24(8):e14091.
doi: 10.1002/acm2.14091. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

FLASH instead of proton arc therapy is a more promising advancement for the next generation proton radiotherapy

Minglei Kang  1 , Xuanfeng Ding  2 , Yi Rong  3
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FLASH instead of proton arc therapy is a more promising advancement for the next generation proton radiotherapy

Minglei Kang et al. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Aug.
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Keywords: FLASH; Proton arc therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Ding received industry research funding from IBA, Elekta, and RadioMed outside the work presented here. Dr. Ding holds a patent related to proton arc therapy which has been licensed to IBA. Dr. Kang received a Varian research grant outside of this work.

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