Proton beam therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma located adjacent to the alimentary tract

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 992-995

  Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a   Sugahara, Shinji ^a,b   Fukuda, Kuniaki ^a   Abei, Masato ^a   Shoda, Junichi ^a   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^a   Tsuboi, Koji ^a   Matsuzaki, Yasushi ^b   Tokuuye, Koichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Proton beam therapy

Indexed keywords

ALIMENTARY TRACT; CLASS A; CLASS B; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER DAMAGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTONS;

EID: 79959359429     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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