著者
Tohru OKADA Tadashi KAMADA Hiroshi TSUJI Jun-etsu MIZOE Masayuki BABA Shingo KATO Shigeru YAMADA Shinji SUGAHARA Shigeo YASUDA Naoyoshi YAMAMOTO Reiko IMAI Azusa HASEGAWA Hiroshi IMADA Hiroki KIYOHARA Kenichi JINGU Makoto SHINOTO Hirohiko TSUJII
出版者
Journal of Radiation Research 編集委員会
雑誌
Journal of Radiation Research (ISSN:04493060)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.51, no.4, pp.355-364, 2010 (Released:2010-07-29)
参考文献数
49
被引用文献数
123

In June 1994, the world's first clinical center offering carbon ion radiotherapy opened at the National Institute of Radiological Science (NIRS), Japan. Among several types of ion species, carbon ions were chosen for cancer therapy because they were judged to have the most optimal properties in terms of superior physical and biological characteristics. As of March 2010, 5,196 patients have been registered for carbon ion radiotherapy. Clinical results have shown that carbon ion radiotherapy has the potential to provide a sufficient radiation dose to the tumor, while having acceptable morbidity in the surrounding normal tissues. Tumors that appear to respond favorably to carbon ions include locally advanced tumors as well as histologically non-squamous cell tumor types such as adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, malignant melanoma, hepatoma, and bone/soft tissue sarcoma. By taking advantage of the unique properties of carbon ions, treatment with small fractions within a short treatment period has been successfully carried out for a variety of tumors. This means that carbon ion radiotherapy can offer treatment for larger numbers of patients than is possible with other modalities over the same time period.
著者
Haruhi Yamada Yukiko Katsumori Miki Kawano Shumpei Mori Ryo Takeshige Jun Mukai Hiroshi Imada Hiroyuki Shimoura Hachidai Takahashi Tadasu Horai Yutaka Okita Ken-ichi Hirata
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.57, no.12, pp.1763-1767, 2018-06-15 (Released:2018-06-15)
参考文献数
12
被引用文献数
5

A 73-year-old man, with congestive heart failure due to combined valvar disease, underwent curative surgery. Although the surgery was successful, his clinical course was eventful because of pulmonary complications, and he began to deteriorate mentally. Quetiapine was prescribed, which appeared to effectively settle his mental status. Following the administration of quetiapine, however, he developed acute kidney injury (AKI) that required continuous hemodiafiltration. Subsequent to discontinuation of quetiapine, his renal function gradually improved. Atypical antipsychotic drugs, including quetiapine, are frequently used to treat delirium in elderly patients in the intensive-care setting. This case highlights a potential risk of quetiapine-related AKI.