Use of USSR Proton Accelerators for Medical Purposes

Author

Dzhelepov, V.P. ; Savchenko, O.V. ; Komarov, V.I. ; Abasov, V.M. ; Goldin, L.L. ; Onossovsky, K.K. ; Khoroshkov, V.S. ; Lomanov, M.F. ; Blokhin, N.N. ; Ruderman, A.I. ; Astrakhan, B.V. ; Vajnberg, M.S. ; Minakova, E.I. ; Kisileva, And V N

Author_Institution

Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (LNR, JINR) Dubna

Volume

20

Issue

3

fYear

1973

fDate

6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

268

Lastpage

270

Abstract

Proton beams of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (LNP, JINR) Dubna synchrocyclotron and of the proton synchrotron of the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) Moscow have been used for medical and biological purposes since 1967. 58 patients in JINR and 163 in ITEP with various types of malignant tumors have been treated. Results of clinical research showed that use of high energy protons for treatment of malignant tumors is quite expedient and may serve as a good approach developing better means for irradiation in oncological therapy. Proposals for proton and meson beams at the JINR high intensity phasotron and for proton beams at the ITEP medical and biological center are discussed. The ITEP center will consist of 4 cabins for therapy and 2 cabins for radiobiological research, which will permit to treat ~ 100 patients per day.

Keywords

Biological control systems; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic shielding; Malignant tumors; Medical treatment; Oncology; Particle beams; Physics; Proton accelerators; Synchrocyclotrons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.1973.4327097

Filename

4327097