Hirohiko Tsujii • Tadashi Kamada
Toshiyuki Shirai • Koji Noda
Hiroshi Tsuji • Kumiko Karasawa
Editors

2014

Principles, Practices, and Treatment Planning

This book is based on approximately 20 years of clinical experience with carbon-ion radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) and a review of literature worldwide on particle beam radiotherapy. It describes the rationale of applying carbon- ion radiotherapy in our efforts to develop the optimal treatment planning and irradiation techniques for various types of tumors and provides, as well, a description of treatments that unfortunately resulted in severe toxicities or tumor control failure. Accordingly, readers can learn about successful techniques for applying charged particle radiotherapy to prevent potential adverse effects and can also learn how to overcome or treat such effects if they develop.