"Heavy Ion Radiotherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				The use of a heavy ion particle beam for radiotherapy, such as the HEAVY IONS of CARBON.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D063193 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | E02.815.250 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Heavy Ion RadiotherapyHeavy Ion RadiotherapyHeavy Ion RadiotherapiesRadiotherapies, Heavy IonRadiotherapy, Heavy IonHeavy Ion TherapyHeavy Ion TherapiesTherapies, Heavy IonTherapy, Heavy IonHeavy Ion Radiation Therapy
 Carbon Ion RadiotherapyCarbon Ion RadiotherapyRadiotherapy, Carbon IonCarbon Ion TherapyCarbon Ion TherapiesTherapies, Carbon IonTherapy, Carbon IonCarbon Ion Radiation Therapy
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Heavy Ion Radiotherapy" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: A Review. Pancreas. 2020 07; 49(6):737-743. 
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								Carbon ion radiation therapy in breast cancer: a new frontier. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jun; 181(2):291-296. 
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								Carbon ion radiotherapy in the treatment of gliomas: a review. J Neurooncol. 2019 Nov; 145(2):191-199. 
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								Yields of positron and positron emitting nuclei for proton and carbon ion radiation therapy: a simulation study with GEANT4. J Xray Sci Technol. 2012; 20(3):317-29.