Proton beam therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A comparison of three treatment protocols

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1039-1045

  Mizumoto, Masashi ^a,b   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Hashimoto, Takayuki ^a,b   Fukuda, Kuniaki ^b   Oshiro, Yoshiko ^a,b   Fukumitsu, Nobuyoshi ^a,b   Abei, Masato ^b   Kawaguchi, Atsushi ^c   Hayashi, Yasutaka ^b   Ookawa, Ayako ^b   Hashii, Haruko ^b   Kanemoto, Ayae ^b   Moritake, Takashi ^a,b   Tohno, Eriko ^b   Tsuboi, Koji ^a,b   Sakae, Takeji ^a   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Local control; Proton beam therapy; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCTS; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOCAL CONTROL; LOW TOXICITY; MEDIAN SURVIVAL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR LOCATION; UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ULCER; IRRADIATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RIB FRACTURE; RISK; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80255141862     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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