Some types of cancer can be effectively treated by bombarding the cancer cells with high energy protons.

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Some types of cancer can be effectively treated by bombarding the cancer cells with high energy protons. Suppose 1.16 × 1017 protons, each with an energy of 950 keV, are incident on a tumor of mass 3.82 mg. If the quality factor for these protons is 3.0, what is the biologically equivalent dose?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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