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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2010; 16(14): 1800-1803
Published online Apr 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1800
Published online Apr 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1800
Surgical spacer placement and proton radiotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
Shohei Komatsu, Yuichi Hori, Takumi Fukumoto, Yonson Ku, Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
Masao Murakami, Yoshio Hishikawa, Department of Radiology, Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, Tatsuno 679-5165, Japan
Author contributions: Komatsu S wrote the manuscript and performed the additional data analysis; Hori Y wrote the manuscript; Fukumoto T performed the operation; Murakami M and Hishikawa Y performed the proton radiotherapy; Ku Y contributed by supervising and approving the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Yuichi Hori, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. horiy@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
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Received: December 21, 2009
Revised: January 15, 2010
Accepted: January 22, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2010
Revised: January 15, 2010
Accepted: January 22, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2010
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