Simulation of Proton and Carbon-12 Ion Beam for Tumor/Cancer Treatment

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Main Author: Kanishka, R.
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Published: 2024
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contents Treating cancer is one of the most challenging task in medical sciences. Only limited types of cancer treatments are available as their study is still ongoing. The earlier therapies like radiotherapy with x-rays, chemotherapy are associated with lot of side-effects. One of the most desirable cancer treatment is using particle beam therapies. These therapies are quite less risky than other types of cancer and tumor treatments. In this paper we present the proton and carbon-12 ion beam simulation that can help in tumor and cancer treatment. We simulated the proton and carbon-12 ion beam in water and soft tissue using geant4 toolkit. The protons are observed to have much better energy deposition in the water and soft tissue than carbon-12 ion and gamma photon beams.
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spellingShingle Simulation of Proton and Carbon-12 Ion Beam for Tumor/Cancer Treatment
Kanishka, R.
Accelerator Physics
Medical Physics
Treating cancer is one of the most challenging task in medical sciences. Only limited types of cancer treatments are available as their study is still ongoing. The earlier therapies like radiotherapy with x-rays, chemotherapy are associated with lot of side-effects. One of the most desirable cancer treatment is using particle beam therapies. These therapies are quite less risky than other types of cancer and tumor treatments. In this paper we present the proton and carbon-12 ion beam simulation that can help in tumor and cancer treatment. We simulated the proton and carbon-12 ion beam in water and soft tissue using geant4 toolkit. The protons are observed to have much better energy deposition in the water and soft tissue than carbon-12 ion and gamma photon beams.
title Simulation of Proton and Carbon-12 Ion Beam for Tumor/Cancer Treatment
topic Accelerator Physics
Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.03126