Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

Part I. The History of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

1. History of Charged Particle Radiotherapy
Hirohiko Tsujii

Part II. An Overview of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

2. The Characteristics of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy
Tadashi Kamada

3. Overview of the Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) Practices
Tadashi Kamada

Part III. Radiobiology of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

4. Heavy-Ion Radiobiology
Yoshiya Furusawa

5. Biophysical Models and RBE
Naruhiro Matsufuji

Part IV. Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy System

6. Workflow of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy
Toshiyuki Shirai, Yuka Takei

7. Beam-Delivery Systems
Shigekazu Fukuda, Takuji Furukawa, Yoshiyuki Iwata

8. Dosimetry
Manabu Mizota, Akifumi Fukumura

9. Motion Management
Shinichiro Mori

10. Quality Assurance
Takuji Furukawa, Shinichiro Mori

Part V. Treatment Planning of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

11. Treatment Planning of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy
Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Taku Inaniwa

Part VI. Facility Design

12. Facility Design of Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy
Koji Noda

Part VII. Oncology Information System

13. Oncology Information System
Yutaka Ando

Part VIII. Evaluation of Treatment Outcome

14. Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes Using the Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) Approach
Tadashi Kamada

Part IX. Head and Neck Tumors

15. Cancer of the Head and Neck
Azusa Hasegawa

16. Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck
Ryo Takagi

17. Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Head and Neck
Masashi Koto

Part X. Skull Base and Paracervical Tumors

18. Skull Base and Upper Cervical Spine Tumors
Masashi Koto

Part XI. Eye Tumors

19. Uveal Melanoma
Hiroshi Tsuji, Shingo Toyama, Takuma Nomiya

20. Lacrimal Gland Tumors
Hiroshi Tsuji, Nobutaka Mizoguchi, Takuma Nomiya

Part XII. Lung Tumors

21. Lung Cancer
Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Mio Nakajima

22. Metastatic Lung Tumors and Lymph Nodes
Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Mio Nakajima

Part XIII. GI Tract Tumors

23. Esophageal Cancer
Shigeo Yasuda

24. Postoperative Recurrence of Rectal Cancer
Shigeu Yamada, Satoshi Endo, Kohtaro Terashima, Makoto Shinoto, Shigeo Yasuda, Miho Shiomi, Tetsuro Isozaki

Part XIV. Liver Tumors

25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Shigeo Yasuda

Part XV. Pancreatic Cancer

26. Pancreatic Cancer
Shigeu Yamada, Kohtaro Terashima, Makoto Shinoto, Shigeo Yasuda, Miho Shiomi, Tetsuro Isozaki

Part XVI. Genitourinary Tumors

27. Prostate Cancer
Hiroshi Tsuji, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Takuma Nomiya

28. Renal Cell Carcinoma
Takuma Nomiya, Hiroshi Tsuji

Part XVII. Gynecologic Tumors

29. Uterine Cancer
Masaru Wakatsuki

30. Gynecological Melanoma
Kumiko Karasawa

Part XVIII. Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

31. Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
Reiko Imai

Part XIX. Other Tumors

32. Previously Irradiated Tumors
Masashi Koto

33. Metastatic Tumors
Kumiko Karasawa

34. Brain Tumors
Masashi Koto

35. Breast Cancer
Kumiko Karasawa

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Medical and Radiation Physics