chapter 1 From Röntgen Rays to Carbon Ion Therapy -- The Evolution of Modern Radiation Oncology / K. Seidensaal J. Debus -- chapter 2 Radiobiology and Hadron Therapy -- What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? / Eleanor A. Blakely Manjit Dosanjh -- chapter 3 Challenges Surrounding Relative Biological Effectiveness for Particle Therapy -- Where Do We Go from Here? / Bleddyn Jones David R. Grosshans Radhe Mohan -- chapter 4 Advances in Beam Delivery Techniques and Accelerators in Particle Therapy / Marco Schippers -- chapter 5 Requirements for Setting Up a Particle Therapy Centre / Ramona Mayer Stanislav Vatnitsky Bernd Mößlacher -- chapter 6 Imaging and Particle Therapy -- Current Status and Future Perspectives / G. Landry G. Dedes M. Pinto K. Parodi -- chapter 7 Why Particle Therapy Rather than Photon Therapy or How to Integrate the Decision into Multimodal Management / Joachim Widder Richard Pötter -- chapter 8 Role of Multidisciplinary Collaborative Network for Advancing Cancer Therapy / Manjit Dosanjh Jacques Bernier -- chapter 9 Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Indications for Particle Therapy in Sarcomas / Beate Timmermann Stephanie E. Combs -- chapter 10 Proton Therapy for Paediatric Patients / Masashi Mizumoto Yoshiko Oshiro Hideyuki Sakurai -- chapter 11 Normal Tissue Complication Probability Reduction in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Using Proton Therapy / Jacques Balosso Valentin Calugaru Abdulhamid Chaikh Juliette Thariat -- chapter 12 The Model-Based Approach to Select Patients for Proton Therapy and to Validate Its Added Value / Johannes A. Langendijk John H. Maduro Anne P.G. Crijns Christina T. Muijs -- chapter 13 Overview of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy in Japan / Hirohiko Tsujii Tadashi Kamada -- chapter 14 Particle Therapy Clinical Trials -- Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States / Cai Grau Damien Charles Weber Johannes A. Langendijk James D. Cox Tadashi Kamada Hirohiko Tsujii -- chapter 15 Role of Particle Therapy in Future Radiotherapy Practice / Roberto Orecchia -- chapter 16 Health Economics -- Cost, Cost- Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Particle Therapy / Yolande Lievens Madelon Johannesma -- chapter 17 Big Data-Based Decision Support Systems for Hadron Therapy / Yvonka van Wijk Cary Oberije Erik Roelofs Philippe Lambin -- chapter 18 CERN Collaborations in Hadron Therapy and Future Accelerators / Ugo Amaldi Adriano Garonna -- chapter 19 Addressing Global Challenges for Radiation Therapy -- From 'C' to Shining 'C' 1 (Cobalt to Carbon) and the 'Radiation Rotary' / C. Norman Coleman Jeffrey Buchsbaum David A. Pistenmaa.

"Hadron therapy is a groundbreaking new method of treating cancer. Boasting greater precision than other therapies, this therapy is now utilised in many clinical settings and the field is growing. More than 50 medical facilities currently perform (or are planned to perform) this treatment, with this number set to double by 2020. This new text covers the most recent advances in hadron therapy, exploring the physics, technology, biology, diagnosis, clinical applications, and economics behind the therapy. Providing essential and up-to-date information on recent developments in the field, this book will be of interest to current and aspiring specialists from a wide range of backgrounds."--Provided by publisher.