Malignant mucosal melanoma treated with carbon ion radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy: Prognostic value of pretreatment apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Jingu, Keiichi ^a,b   Kishimoto, Riwa ^a   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^a   Bessho, Hiroki ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Carbon ion radiotherapy; Head and neck; Mucosal malignant melanoma; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651373326     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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