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Ion Beam Therapy for Gynecological Tumors

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Most of the clinical results for gynecological tumors treated with ion beam therapy (IBT) have been reported from Tsukuba (protons) and NIRS (carbon ions). Several phase I/II dose-escalation studies performed at NIRS indicate that high doses of carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) can achieve promising local control without severe complications in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.

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  1. Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Showa-machi 3-39-22, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan

    Tatsuya Ohno

  2. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Research Center of Charged Particle Therapy, Anagawa 4-9-1, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan

    Shingo Kato

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Ohno, T., Kato, S. (2012). Ion Beam Therapy for Gynecological Tumors. In: Linz, U. (eds) Ion Beam Therapy. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, vol 320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21414-1_15

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