Short communication: Total craniofacial photon shell technique for radiotherapy of extensive angiosarcomas of the head

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 820, 1996, Pages 351-355

  Kinard, J D ^a   Zwicker, R D ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, R K ^a   Kaufman, N ^a   Pieters, R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCALP; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029962324     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-820-351     Document Type: Article

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