3-D conformal radiotherapy for lung cancer: The Washington University experience

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 188-198

  Graham, Mary V ^a,b   Purdy, James A ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a   Harms, William ^a   Matthews, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; CISPLATIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPOTECAN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; THORAX; UNITED STATES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MISSOURI; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORAX; TOPOTECAN;

EID: 0029704229     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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