Brain Injury After Proton Therapy or Carbon Ion Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer and Skull Base Tumors

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8234304	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2009	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Particle therapies produced minimal symptomatic brain toxicities, but sequential evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging detected a greater incidence of RIBCs. Significant differences were observed in the irradiated brain volume between the brain lobes with and without RIBCs.

Keywords

Radiation-induced brain injury Particle therapy Proton therapy Carbon ion therapy

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Brain Injury After Proton Therapy or Carbon Ion Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer and Skull Base Tumors

Authors

Daisuke M.D., Masao M.D., Ph.D., Yusuke M.D., Ph.D., Ryohei M.D., Ph.D., Yasue M.D., Kazuki M.D., Hideki M.D., Ph.D., Yoshio M.D., Ph.D., Kazuro M.D., Ph.D.,