title: Relating proton treatments to photon treatments via the relative biological effectiveness-should we revise current clinical practice?
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: hpaganetti@partners.org.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paganetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061766:Proton Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011522:Protons