Timeline - Radiation oncology: a century of achievements
Timeline - Radiation oncology: a century of achievements
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DOI：
10.1038/nrc1451
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
78.5
通讯作者：
Giaccia, A
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作者：
Bernier, J;Hall, EJ;Giaccia, A
在二十世纪，放射肿瘤学的学科已经从X射线的实验性应用发展到高度复杂的癌症治疗。来自许多学科的专家，主要是临床医生、物理学家和生物学家，为这些进步做出了贡献。虽然过去的重点是改进技术以确保准确提供辐射，但放射肿瘤学的未来在于利用肿瘤的遗传学或微环境将癌症从急性疾病转变为可以通过放射有效治疗的慢性疾病。
Over the twentieth century the discipline of radiation oncology has developed from an experimental application of X-rays to a highly sophisticated treatment of cancer. Experts from many disciplines-chiefly clinicians, physicists and biologists-have contributed to these advances. Whereas the emphasis in the past was on refining techniques to ensure the accurate delivery of radiation, the future of radiation oncology lies in exploiting the genetics or the microenvironment of the tumour to turn cancer from an acute disease to a chronic disease that can be treated effectively with radiation.