Carbon ion radiotherapy for elderly patients 80 years and older with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Sugane, Toshio ^a   Baba, Masayuki ^a   Imai, Reiko ^a   Nakajima, Mio ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyoshi ^a   Miyamoto, Tadaaki ^a   Ezawa, Hidefumi ^a   Yoshikawa, Kyousan ^a   Kandatsu, Susumu ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Mizoe, Junetsu ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Elderly patients; Heavy particles; Hypo fractionated irradiation; Low pulmonary function; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449102735     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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