Salvage hepatectomy for local recurrence after particle therapy using proton and carbon ion beams for liver cancer.
Motofumi TanakaShohei KomatsuMasahiro KidoHirochika ToyamaMasahiro TominagaYoichiro UchidaKazuki TerashimaYusuke DemizuTomoaki OkimotoTakumi FukumotoPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2021)
Salvage hepatectomy after particle therapy is a feasible therapy; however, the risk of refractory complications associated with particle therapy is relatively high. Therefore, the first-line treatment for resectable liver cancer should be carefully determined considering second-line treatment after local recurrence.