Evaluation of an objective plan-evaluation model in the three dimensional treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 469-474

  Graham, Mary V ^a,b   Jain, Nilesh L ^b,c   Kahn, Michael G ^b,c   Drzymala, Robert E ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Lung cancer; Three dimensional radiation therapy; Treatment plan evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030042606     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02115-9     Document Type: Article

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