Hirohiko Tsujii, Jun-Etsu Mizoe, Tadashi Kamada, Masayuki Baba, Shingo Kato, Hirotoshi Kato, Hiroshi Tsuji, Shigeru Yamada, Shigeo Yasuda, Tatsuya Ohno, Takeshi Yanagi, Azusa Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Sugawara, Hidefumi Ezawa, Susumu Kandatsu, Kyosan Yoshikawa, Riwa Kishimoto, Tadaaki Miyamoto
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Carbon ion beams provide physical and biological advantages over photons. This study summarizes the experiences of carbon ion radiotherapy at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between June 1994 and August 2003, a total of 1601 patients with various types of malignant tumors were enrolled in phase I/II dose-escalation studies and clinical phase II studies...
December 2004: Radiotherapy and Oncology