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Medizinphysik
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Biological effect of radiation
therapy Although it is known that the RBE of proton radiation is variable, a constant RBE value of 1.1 is used in clinical treatment. However, there is increasing clinical evidence for a variable RBE for [...] of the so-called Spread-Out Bragg Peak (SOBP) and thus healthy tissue, where RBE values greater than 1.7 can occur. © Armin Lühr/Elsevier The activities in this area are diverse. On the one hand, the aim [...] y of Proton Therapy': Results of an international expert workshop, Radiother. Oncol, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 56-67, Jul. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.018. C. Hahn et al, Towards harmonizing clinical …