Up-to-date results of carbon-ion radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Carbon ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) for prostate cancer was started in 1995 using the Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan. After preceding phase I/II dose-escalation studies of 20 fractions over 5 weeks, a phase II study was...

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Main Authors: Nomiya, Takuma, Tsuji, Hiroshi, Maruyama, Katsuya, Kamada, Tadashi, Tsujii, Hirohiko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941550/