Clinical results of proton beam therapy for twenty older patients with esophageal cancer

Radiology and Oncology

Yamaguchi Hisashi¹  Suzuki Motohisa¹  Ono Takashi¹  Kikuchi Yasuhiro¹  Nakamura Tatsuya¹  Hayashi Yuichiro¹  Azami Yusuke¹  Tsukiyama Iwao¹  Hareyama Masato¹  Hatayama Yoshiomi¹  Nemoto Kenji² 

[1] Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan;Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan;

关键词: proton therapy;    aged;    esophageal neoplasms;    radiotherapy;   

DOI  :  10.1515/raon-2015-0034

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background. In an aging society, increasing number of older patients are diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy for older patients with esophageal cancer.

【 授权许可】

Unknown