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Effects of the modulator and range compensator blades on Bragg curve and calculating the secondary particle dose in proton-therapy of thymus gland cancer using MCNPX, FLUKA and GEANT4 codes
The thymus gland is an endocrine gland that plays an important role in the body’s immunity. Thymus gland cancer happens very rarely and one treatment way is radiation therapy. Due to the location of this gland and its proximity to the sensitive organs, radiation therapy of thymus gland cancer will bring the risk of side effects. In this paper, a Mird phantom is simulated and a modulator and ran...
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