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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 Fukumoto
Published 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.
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