Experience with carbon ion radiotherapy for WHO grade 2 diffuse astrocytomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Hasegawa, Azusa ^a   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Jingu, Keiichi ^a   Iwadate, Yasuo ^b   Nakazato, Youichi ^c   Matsutani, Masao ^d   Takakura, Kintomo ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Diffuse astrocytomas; Dose escalation study; High LET radiotherapy; Phase I II clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ASTROCYTOMA; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSE ASTROCYTOMAS; DOSE-ESCALATION STUDY; HIGH DOSE; ION DOSE; LOW DOSE; NORMAL TISSUE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE I; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL;

CARBON; EXPERIMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

IONS;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TOXICITY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION THERAPY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKIN TOXICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859814315     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1952     Document Type: Article

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