Clearance of parenchymal tumors following radiotherapy: Analysis of hepatocellular carcinomas treated by proton beams

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Ohara, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a,b   Min, Myo ^a   Tatsuzaki, Hideo ^a,b   Chiba, Toshiya ^a,b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^c   Akine, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Itai, Yuji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Proton beam radiotherapy; Tumor clearance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTON RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030465446     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01839-7     Document Type: Article

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