Comparison of the kidney dose between supine and prone position for pelvic and periaortic irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-275

  Chun, Mison ^a   Kang, Haejin ^a   Kim, Juree ^a   Ryu, Heesuk ^a   Shin, Hyunsoo ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kidney dose; Kidney movement; Periaortic irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PRONATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPINATION;

EID: 0030446352     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01845-2     Document Type: Article

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