Image-Guided Proton Therapy for Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: High Local Control and Quality of Life Preservation

Image-Guided Proton Therapy for Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: High Local Control and Quality of Life Preservation

This study retrospectively investigated the efficacy and safety of image-guided proton therapy (IGPT) for elderly (≥80 years old) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Proton therapy was performed using respiratory-gated and image-guided techniques. Seventy-one elderly HCC patients were treated u...

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Main Authors: Hiromitsu Iwata, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yukiko Hattori, Koichiro Nakajima, Kento Nomura, Kensuke Hayashi, Toshiyuki Toshito, Shigeru Sasaki, Shingo Hashimoto, Jun-etsu Mizoe, Yuta Shibamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
image-guided proton therapy
hepatocellular carcinoma
overall survival
quality of life
elderly patients
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/2/219

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