Planning impt treatment by using cerr program

Nguyen Thi Cam Thu1, Ta Thi Van Anh1, Nguyen Thai Binh2, Mai Van Nhon1,
1 University of Natural Sciences, City. Ho Chi Minh
2 Prowess Inc, Concord, USA

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Up to now, beside two conventional methods are using electron beam and photon beam, radiotherapy using high energy proton beam has been attracted more and more scientists and hospitals. In this work, we using CERR program to make a treatment planning. The simulation results show that the treatment plan is better compared with by photon beam. The risk organs surrounding the tumour received negligible low dose. So the side effect decreases
significantly. We also make a comparison the treatment planning by proton beam with by photon beam.

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