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The EGFR mutation status affects the relative biological effectiveness of carbon-ion beams in non-small cell lung carcinoma cells.
Scientific reports - 11 Jun 2015
Amornwichet Napapat, Oike Takahiro, Shibata Atsushi, Nirodi Chaitanya S, Ogiwara Hideaki, Makino Haruhiko, Kimura Yuka, Hirota Yuka, Isono Mayu, Yoshida Yukari, Ohno Tatsuya, Kohno Takashi, Nakano Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) holds promise to treat inoperable locally-advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), a disease poorly controlled by standard chemoradiotherapy using X-rays. Since CIRT is an extremely limited medical resource, selection of NSCLC patients likely to benefit from it is important; however, biological predictors of response to CIRT are ill-defined. The present study investigated the...
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