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    One shot of carbon-ion radiotherapy cured a 6-cm chemo-resistant metastatic liver tumor: a case of breast cancer

    The standard treatment for metastatic liver tumor from breast cancer is systemic medical treatment, and there is controversy regarding the value of local treatment. However, there are some exceptional cases th...

    Mayumi Harada, Kumiko Karasawa, Shigeo Yasuda in Japanese Journal of Radiology (2015)

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    Imaging characteristics of metastatic chordoma

    Our aim was to describe the incidence and sites of metastatic chordomas and show their characteristic computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) findings.

    Riwa Kishimoto, Tokuhiko Omatsu, Azusa Hasegawa in Japanese Journal of Radiology (2012)

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    Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Peripheral Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    The National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba, Japan (NIRS) has the highest number of patients with lung cancer treated with carbon ion beams in the world. This report describes the techniques and c...

    Tadashi Kamada, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Masayuki Baba in Ion Beam Therapy (2012)

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    HIMAC: A New Start for Heavy Ions

    In 1994, carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) was initiated at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan using the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC), which was the world’s first he...

    Tadashi Kamada, Hirohiko Tsujii in Ion Beam Therapy (2012)