Intercepting Radiotherapy Using a Real-Time Tumor-Tracking Radiotherapy System for Highly Selected Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Unresectable With other Modalities

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 376-380

  Taguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Sakuhara, Yusuke ^a   Hige, Shuhei ^a   Kitamura, Kei ^a   Osaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Abo, Daisuke ^a   Uchida, Daichi ^a   Sawada, Akihiro ^a   Kamiyama, Toshiya ^a   Shimizu, Tadashi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Radiotherapy; Real time tumor tracking radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; ENZYMES; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER; REAL TIME TUMOR TRACKING RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548488498     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.042     Document Type: Article

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