Purpose: Most patients who had any recurrent sites of cancer have been considered to be
in their last stage of life. However, recent advances of clinical research reveal some patients …

BACKGROUND Neurotoxicity after whole‐brain irradiation remains a major problem in the
treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). To clarify whether whole‐…

PURPOSE: To investigate pelvic insufficiency fractures (IF) after definitive pelvic radiation
therapy for early-stage uterine cervical cancer, by analyzing subjects of a prospective, multi-…

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of a definitive radiotherapy protocol using high-dose-rate
intracavitary brachytherapy (HDR-ICBT) with a low cumulative dose schedule in …

Our purpose was to develop recommendations for contouring the computed tomography (CT)-based
high-risk clinical target volume (CTV HR ) for 3D image-guided brachytherapy (3D-…

OBJECTIVE.: In most cases of uterine cervical carcinoma recurrence, the first site of distant
metastasis or recurrence is reported to be the para-aortic region. Some reports have …

Purpose To retrospectively analyze the treatment outcomes of particle therapy using protons
or carbon ions for unresectable or incompletely resected bone and soft tissue sarcomas (…

Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of definitive proton beam therapy (PBT) for
primary sacral chordoma. Methods and Materials We conducted a retrospective analysis of the …

There are few reports about the clinical results of proton beam therapy for esophageal
cancer in a large population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of …

Purpose Although proton therapy is controversial, it has been used to treat localized
prostate cancer over the past 2 decades. The purpose of this study is to examine the long-term …