Conformal radiation therapy for portal vein tumor thrombosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-271

  Toya, Ryo ^a   Murakami, Ryuji ^a   Baba, Yuji ^c   Nishimura, Ryuichi ^a   Morishita, Shoji ^a   Ikeda, Osamu ^a   Kawanaka, Koichi ^a   Beppu, Toru ^b   Sugiyama, Shinichi ^b   Sakamoto, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Oya, Natsuo ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Portal vein; Tumor thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR THROMBUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548481569     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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