The phase I/II clinical study of carbon ion therapy for cancer of the uterine cervix

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 362-369

  Nakano, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Michiya ^a   Abe, Atsuko ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Morita, Shinroku ^a   Mizoe, Junetu ^a   Sato, Shinichiro ^a   Miyamoto, Tadaaki ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Kato, Hirotoshi ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon beam; Cervical cancer; Clinical trial; Heavy ion therapy; Local control; Prognosis; Radiation response; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR SYSTEM; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON; FEMALE; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033386276     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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