A preliminary study of hepatocellular carcinoma post proton beam therapy using MRI as an early prediction of treatment effectiveness.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To demonstrate the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for early prediction of proton beam therapy (PBT) effectiveness in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical data of the HCC patients without regional lymph node involvement or di...

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Main Authors: Shen-Yen Lin, Chien-Ming Chen, Bing-Shen Huang, Ying-Chieh Lai, Kuang-Tse Pan, Shi-Ming Lin, Sung-Yu Chu, Jeng-Hwei Tseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249003