Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Bone and soft tissue tumors and carbon ions

Bone and soft tissue tumors (sarcomas) are rare and a typical example of disease for which conventional radiotherapy has limited effect. When surgery is difficult, there are few options besides drug therapy with low response rates, so carbon ion therapy has been considered. It is the second most treated disease at QST Hospital and the first carbon ion indication to be covered by insurance in Japan.