[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 billion French francs.
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Service de radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
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D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D061766:Proton Therapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D017356:Synchrotrons; D011522:Protons
D011522:Protons
La protonthérapie au Japon.