Title: Proton beam therapy for unresectable hepatoblastoma in children: Survival in one case.
Authors: Oshiro, Yoshiko; Okumura, Toshiyuki; Mizumoto, Masashi; fukushima, Takashi; Ishikawa, Hitoshi; Hashimoto, Takayuki; Tsuboi, Koji; Kaneko, Michio; Sakurai, Hideyuki
Abstract: A case study is presented of a two-year-old girl with hepatoblastoma treated with proton beam therapy (PBT). The patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and ultrasonography and began treatment with cisplatin and doxorubicin chemotherapy until the tumor developed resistance to the drugs. PBT and adjuvant intravenous chemotherapy was used as an alternative to liver resection or transplantation. The patient was cancer-free at a follow-up 16 years later.
Subjects: CANCER chemotherapy; LIVER tumors; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC imaging; CHILDREN
Publication: Acta Oncologica, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 3, p600
ISSN: 0284-186X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.760849

Proton beam therapy for unresectable hepatoblastoma in children: Survival in one case.

Oshiro, Yoshiko; Okumura, Toshiyuki; Mizumoto, Masashi; fukushima, Takashi; Ishikawa, Hitoshi; Hashimoto, Takayuki; Tsuboi, Koji; Kaneko, Michio; Sakurai, Hideyuki