title: 3D treatment planning for heavy charged particles.
abstract: The comments herein describe, at a necessarily superficial level, a number of issues which must be addressed in developing plans for heavy charged particle therapy. Programs now exist which provide the needed capabilities. The challenge now is to make the planning process easier and faster--and possibly more effective. It seems likely that this will be achieved in the next few years.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goitein
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted