Journal of International Oncology ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (12): 741-745.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371439-20200117-00112

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Progresses in clinical research of heavy ion therapy for cancer

Wang Shan, Li Ping, Zhang Rui, Han Jianglong, Hu Qinyong, Fu Zhenming()   

  1. Cancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
  • Received:2020-01-17 Revised:2020-03-05 Online:2020-12-08 Published:2021-01-28
  • Contact: Fu Zhenming E-mail:davidfuzming@whu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Heavy ion radiotherapy, especially carbon ion radiotherapy, has been paid more attention in cancer radiotherapy because of its good radiophysical properties and biological effects. Recent studies show that the heavy ion is effective in treating solid tumors. In the near future, heavy ion radiotherapy is promising to become the mainstream of the next generation of radiotherapy if it overcomes the existing technical difficulties.

Key words: Neoplasms, Heavy ion radiotherapy, Carbon ion