| Theme |
Treatment Strategy for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| Title |
Adaptation and Clinical Results of the Radiotherapy for the Progressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| Author |
Nobuyoshi Fukumitsu |
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tsukuba |
| Author |
Toshiyuki Okumura |
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tsukuba |
| Author |
Hideyuki Sakurai |
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tsukuba |
| [ Summary ] |
Radiotherapy used to be given to patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) solely as a palliative treatment. However, in recent years, it has become a potentially curative treatment due to technical progress. It has been a challenge to deliver a high radiation dose to the tumor while simultaneously reducing the radiation dose to the surrounding normal liver tissue. Nowadays, various targeted forms of radiotherapy, such as three‒dimensional conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy using X‒rays, and particle beam therapy using proton beams or carbon‒ion beams are available. Radiotherapy has become one of the safe and effective choices of local treatment for HCC as its characteristics are well understood and it is used properly. |