Evolution of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Japan

Charged particles can achieve better dose distribution and higher biological effectiveness compared to photon radiotherapy. Carbon ions are considered an optimal candidate for cancer treatment using particles. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba, Japan was the first radio...

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Autores principales: Mohamad, Osama, Makishima, Hirokazu, Kamada, Tadashi
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29509684
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers10030066
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Kamada, Tadashi
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description Charged particles can achieve better dose distribution and higher biological effectiveness compared to photon radiotherapy. Carbon ions are considered an optimal candidate for cancer treatment using particles. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba, Japan was the first radiotherapy hospital dedicated for carbon ion treatments in the world. Since its establishment in 1994, the NIRS has pioneered this therapy with more than 69 clinical trials so far, and hundreds of ancillary projects in physics and radiobiology. In this review, we will discuss the evolution of carbon ion radiotherapy at the NIRS and some of the current and future projects in the field.
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spelling pubmed-58766412018-04-09 Evolution of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Japan Mohamad, Osama Makishima, Hirokazu Kamada, Tadashi Cancers (Basel) Review Charged particles can achieve better dose distribution and higher biological effectiveness compared to photon radiotherapy. Carbon ions are considered an optimal candidate for cancer treatment using particles. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba, Japan was the first radiotherapy hospital dedicated for carbon ion treatments in the world. Since its establishment in 1994, the NIRS has pioneered this therapy with more than 69 clinical trials so far, and hundreds of ancillary projects in physics and radiobiology. In this review, we will discuss the evolution of carbon ion radiotherapy at the NIRS and some of the current and future projects in the field. MDPI 2018-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5876641/ /pubmed/29509684 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers10030066 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876641/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers10030066
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