@inbook{81f51aa80d5d4bd7af633689fac8e10d,
title = "Proton Radiation Therapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration",
abstract = " The rationale for radiation treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization is the relative sensitivity of proliferating vascular cells to low doses of radiation, compared to the cells of the choroid and retina ( DeGowin et al. 1974 ; Tannock and Hayashi 1972 ). Regression of choroidal neovascularization and stabilization of visual acuity was demonstrated with low-dose, fractionated, external beam photons ( Chakravarthy et al. 1989 , Chakravarthy et al. 1993 ). Other studies which followed also demonstrated promising early results with low-dose, fractionated irradiation ( Bergink et al. 1994 ). ",
keywords = "Visual Acuity, Laser Photocoagulation, Choroidal Neovascularization, Vision Stabilization, Lesion Control",
author = "Yonemoto, \{Les T.\} and Slater, \{Jerry D.\} and Paul Blacharski and Slater, \{James M.\}",
note = "The rationale for radiation treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization is the relative sensitivity of proliferating vascular cells to low doses of radiation, compared to the cells of the...",
year = "2001",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-56439-0\_22",
language = "American English",
isbn = "978-3-540-66643-1",
series = "Medical Radiology",
publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
booktitle = "Age-Related Macular Degeneration",
}