Position statement on ethics, equipoise and research on charged particle radiation therapy

Mark Sheehan; Claire Timlin; Ken Peach; Ariella Binik; Wilson Puthenparampil; Mark Lodge; Sean Kehoe; Michael Brada; Neil Burnet; Steve Clarke; Adrian Crellin; Michael Dunn; Piero Fossati; Steve Harris; Michael Hocken; Tony Hope; Jonathan Ives; Tadashi Kamada; Alex John London; Robert Miller; Michael Parker; Madelon Pijls-Johannesma; Julian Savulescu; Susan Short; Loane Skene; Hirohiko Tsujii; Jeffrey Tuan; Charles Weijer

doi:10.1136/medethics-2012-101290

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Position statement on ethics, equipoise and research on charged particle radiation therapy

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Mark Sheehan The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claire Timlin Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ken Peach Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ariella Binik Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wilson Puthenparampil Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Lodge International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research UK, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sean Kehoe School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Brada Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Neil Burnet Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steve Clarke Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adrian Crellin St James' Institute of Oncology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Dunn The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Piero Fossati National Center for Oncological Hadron Therapy (CNAO), Pavia and Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, University of Milano, Italy, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steve Harris Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Hocken Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tony Hope The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jonathan Ives Centre for Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tadashi Kamada Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alex John London Center for Ethics and Policy, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Miller Department of Radiation Oncology and Proton Beam Therapy Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Parker The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Madelon Pijls-Johannesma Maastricht Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO) Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julian Savulescu Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susan Short Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Loane Skene Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hirohiko Tsujii Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey Tuan National Center for Oncological Hadron Therapy (CNAO), Pavia and Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, University of Milano, Italy, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles Weijer Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Mark Sheehan, The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Rosemary Rue Building Headington, Oxford OX3 7LG, UK; mark.sheehan{at}ethox.ox.ac.uk

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Sheehan M, Timlin C, Peach K, et al

Position statement on ethics, equipoise and research on charged particle radiation therapy

Journal of Medical Ethics 2014;40:572-575.

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Received December 12, 2012
Revised July 24, 2013
Accepted July 28, 2013
First published September 17, 2013.

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