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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 459-462Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym038
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hepatocellular carcinoma; inferior vena cava tumor thrombus; proton beam therapy; radiation; hepatoma
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Three patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus (IVCTT) were treated using proton beam therapy at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. A total dose of 50-70 Gy in 10-35 fractions was given to the primary tumor and lVCTT. All the patients survived for more than 1 year from the beginning of proton beam therapy (13-55 months) and no treatment-related toxicity of grade 3 or higher was observed. These cases suggest that proton beam therapy is safe and effective for patients with HCC associated with lVCTT.
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