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Uterine Cancer 29 Masaru Wakatsuki Abstract Carbon-ion beams offer improved dose distribution, resulting in the concentration of a suffi cient dose within a target volume while minimizing the dose in surrounding normal tissues. Moreover, carbon ions possess a biological advantage due to their high relative biological effectiveness (RBE) in the Bragg peak. A number of reports have demonstrated the favorable results of carbon- ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) in the treatment of several malignant tumors. As for clinical trials of C-ion RT for locally advanced cervical cancer, fi ve have already been completed, and two are still ongoing. Between June 1995 and March 2013, 197 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer in seven protocols were treated with C-ion RT. C-ion RT has been established as a safe short-term treatment for locally advanced uterine cervical cancer. Although the patient pop- ulation in these trials was small, it was shown that C-ion RT has the potential to improve the treatment for locally advanced bulky squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix, with the results supporting the view that investigations should be continued