Radiation tolerance of cirrhotic livers in relation to the preserved functional capacity: Analysis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated by focused proton beam radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Ohara, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a,b   Chiba, Toshiya ^a,b   Min, Myo ^a   Tatsuzaki, Hideo ^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

Cirrhotic liver; Compensatory hypertrophy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Proton beam radiotherapy; Radiation tolerance; Volume effect

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER SIZE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0030802543     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00587-1     Document Type: Article

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