Table 3.

Clinical outcomes of CIRT with the first Chinese carbon ion therapy system (CITS) for patients with liver cancer.

Items classification	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7
Age (years)	72	49	63	68	49	44	72
Gender	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female
Pathological type	Primary HCC	Primary HCC	Primary HCC	Primary HCC	Primary HCC	Primary HCC	Hepatic metastasis of rectal cancer
Treatment-related deaths	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Severe radiation morbidities	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Efficacy at 3 mon	PR	SD	SD	SD	PR	PR	SD
Efficacy at 6 mon	PR	PR	SD	SD	SD	CR	SD
Survival at 0.5 year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Survival at 1 year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; mon, months post-treatment; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; CIRT, carbon ion radiotherapy; CITS, carbon ion therapy system; ULC, unresectable liver cancer.