Published February 2012 | Version v1
Report

Carbon ion radiotherapy for bone and soft tissue sarcomas

  • 1. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba (Japan)

Description

A clinical trial was first initiated in 1996 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of carbon ion radiotherapy for bone and soft tissue sarcomas not suitable for surgery. As of February 2011, a total of 800 patients were enrolled in the clinical trials. Through a dose escalation trial and a subsequent fixed dose trial, it was revealed that carbon ion radiotherapy provided definite local control and offered a survival advantage without unacceptable morbidity for patients with bone and soft tissue cancers that were either difficult or impossible to cure using other modalities. (author)

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Proceedings of NIRS-KFSHRC joint symposium on carbon ion radiotherapy and radiation emergency medicine

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of NIRS-KFSHRC joint symposium on carbon ion radiotherapy and radiation emergency medicine
Imprint Pagination
95 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 5-12
Report number
NIRS-M--246

Conference

Title
NIRS-KFSHRC joint symposium on carbon ion radiotherapy and radiation emergency medicine
Acronym
ICRM 2012
Dates
27-29 Feb 2012
Place
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
53067251
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CARBON IONS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEAVY IONS; OSTEOSARCOMAS; PATIENTS; PELVIS; PLANNING; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL CURVES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CHARGED PARTICLES; DISEASES; DOSES; IONS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; SARCOMAS; SKELETAL DISEASES; TESTING; THERAPY

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Notes
This record replaces 44074584