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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-01-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/2/219 |
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