Carbon ion radiation therapy improves the prognosis of unresectable adult bone and soft-tissue sarcoma of the head and neck

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2125-2131

  Jingu, Keiichi ^a,b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^a   Bessho, Hiroki ^a   Takagi, Ryo ^a   Morikawa, Takamichi ^a   Tonogi, Morio ^c   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiation therapy; Head and neck cancer; Osteosarcoma; Particle radiation therapy; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; ION RADIATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARTICLE RADIATION THERAPY; SARCOMA;

CARBON; DIAGNOSIS; HEAVY IONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; ION THERAPY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARBON; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858697754     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.043     Document Type: Article

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