Mucosal Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck Treated by Carbon Ion Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Yanagi, Takeshi ^a   Mizoe, Jun etsu ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^a   Takagi, Ryo ^a   Bessho, Hiroki ^a   Onda, Takeshi ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Okamoto, Yoshitaka ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Head and neck; Heavy ion beam; Linear energy transfer (LET); Mucosal malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK; HEAVY ION BEAM; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); MUCOSAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAVY IONS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; ION BEAMS; LIGHTING FIXTURES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SICKNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 64049091871     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.056     Document Type: Article

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