Brainstem tolerance to conformal radiotherapy of skull base tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 967-975

  Debus, Jürgen ^c   Hug, E B ^a,b   Liebsch, N J ^a,b   O'Farrel, D ^a,b   Finkelstein, D ^a,b   Efird, J ^a,b   Munzenrider, J E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Conformal radiotherapy; Dose volume histogram; Protontherapy; Radiation late effects; Radiotolerance; Skull base tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030707831     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00364-7     Document Type: Article

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