The safety and efficacy of high-dose proton beam radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A phase 2 prospective trial

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3053-3059

  Bush, David A ^a   Kayali, Zeid ^b   Grove, Roger ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; protons; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959604264     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25809     Document Type: Article

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