Efficacy and feasibility of re-irradiation using carbon ions for pancreatic cancer that recurs after carbon-ion radiotherapy

Background and purpose: Patients who receive carbon-ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) for primary pancreatic cancer may experience locoregional recurrence; however, the treatment options for such patients are limited. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of carbon-ion re-irradiation for pa...

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Main Authors: Yasuhito Hagiwara, Shigeru Yamada, Yuka Isozaki, Hirotoshi Takiyama, Makoto Shinoto, Shohei Kawashiro, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Kenji Nemoto, Hiroshi Tsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630820300872