title: [Proton beam therapy of cancer in deep-seated organs].
abstract: Radiation therapy has shown definite technical improvement due to application of proton beam irradiation. Clinical results of proton beam therapy also suggested enlargement of indication ranges in radial treatment and decrease of post radiation damages of the treatment of cancers in deep-seated organs. Improvement of result in cancer therapy could be expected by this treatment technique in the future.
authors.affiliation: Particle Research Center for Medicine, Tsukuba Univ.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011522:Protons; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D011522:Protons