Carbon ion radiotherapy for localized primary sarcoma of the extremities: Results of a phase I/II trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-231

  Sugahara, Shinji ^a,b   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Imai, Reiko ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Kameda, Noriaki ^c   Okada, Tohru ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a   Tatezaki, Shinichirou ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chiba Cytopathology Diagnostic Center   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Limb sparing therapy; Radiation therapy; Sarcoma of the extremity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA;

EID: 84871295835     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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