The effectiveness of particle radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 913-920

  Komatsu, Shohei ^a   Fukumoto, Takumi ^a   Demizu, Yusuke ^b   Miyawaki, Daisuke ^a   Terashima, Kazuki ^b   Niwa, Yasue ^b   Mima, Masayuki ^b   Fujii, Osamu ^b   Sasaki, Ryohei ^a   Yamada, Isamu ^a   Hori, Yuichi ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshio ^b   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^b   Ku, Yonson ^a   Murakami, Masao ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Inferior vena cava tumor thrombus; Particle radiotherapy; Proton radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; ION THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR THROMBUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 79960297766     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-011-0398-6     Document Type: Article

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