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- Title
Proton Beam Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Authors
Nakayama, Hidetsugu; Sugahara, Shinji; Tokita, Man; Fukuda, Kuniaki; Mizumoto, Masashi; Abei, Masato; Shoda, Junichi; Sakurai, Hideyuki; Tsuboi, Koji; Tokuuye, Koichi
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the safety and efficacy of proton beam therapy (PBT) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients with HC were treated with PBT and their survival rates and prognostic factors were assessed. The results showed that overall actuarial survival rates at one, three and five years were 89.5 percent. Researchers concluded that PBT proved to be safe and effective in the treatment of HCC and recommended its use for HCC patients.
- Subjects
PROTON therapy; LIVER cancer; CANCER patients; DISEASE incidence; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2009, Vol 115, Issue 23, p5499
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.24619