title: [Proton therapy in Japan].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatsuzaki
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011522:Protons
vernacular_title: La protonthérapie au Japon.