Proton therapy in Japan

Japan has the oldest experience in proton therapy outside the United States and Russia. The main treatment indications are hepatoma, lung and oesophageal carcinomas. The last center built in Chiba in the suburbs of Tokyo has two synchrotrons and three treatment rooms. Cost has been close to 2 billio...

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Published in:Bulletin du cancer. Radiothérapie 1995, Vol.82 (3), p.279-282
Main Authors: Schwartz, L H, Tatsuzaki, H
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - radiotherapy
Humans
Japan
Liver Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Protons - therapeutic use
Radiotherapy Dosage
Synchrotrons
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Summary:Japan has the oldest experience in proton therapy outside the United States and Russia. The main treatment indications are hepatoma, lung and oesophageal carcinomas. The last center built in Chiba in the suburbs of Tokyo has two synchrotrons and three treatment rooms. Cost has been close to 2 billion French francs.
ISSN:0924-4212