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Strategic application of radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Authors
 Seo Hee Choi  ;  Jinsil Seong 
Citation
 CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY, Vol.24(2) : 114-134, 2018 
Journal Title
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY
ISSN
 2287-2728 
Issue Date
2018
Keywords
Image-guided radiation therapy ; Radiotherapy ; Hepatocellular carcinoma
Abstract
With increasing clinical use, radiotherapy (RT) has been considered reliable and effective method for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment, depending on extent of disease and patient characteristics. RT for HCC can improve therapeutic outcomes through excellent local control, downstaging, conversion from unresectable to resectable status, and treatments of unresectable HCCs with vessel invasion or multiple intrahepatic metastases. In addition, further development of modern RT technologies, including image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and stereotactic body radiotherapy, has expanded the indication of RT. An essential feature of IGRT is that it allows image guidance therapy through in-room images obtained during radiation delivery. Compared with 3D-conformal RT, distinctions of IMRT are inverse treatment planning process and use of a large number of treatment fields or subfields, which provide high precision and exquisitely conformal dose distribution. These modern RT techniques allow more precise treatment by reducing inter- and intra-fractional errors resulting from daily changes and irradiated dose at surrounding normal tissues. More recently, particle therapy has been actively investigated to improve effectiveness of RT. This review discusses modern RT strategies for HCC, as well as optimal selection of RT in multimodal approach for HCC.
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DOI
10.3350/cmh.2017.0073
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiation Oncology (방사선종양학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Seong, Jin Sil(성진실) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-5951
Choi, Seo Hee(최서희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4083-6414
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/163151
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