3-D conformal radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: The Washington University experience

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 207-220

  Emami, Bahman ^a   Purdy, James A ^a   Simpson, Joseph R ^a   Harms, William ^a   Gerber, Russell ^a   Wippold, J Franz ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SALIVARY GLAND; UNITED STATES; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SALIVARY GLANDS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029715307     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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