Promising survival with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Armstrong, John ^a,b   Raben, Adam ^a   Zelefsky, Michael ^a   Burt, Michael ^a   Leibel, Steve ^a   Burman, Chandra ^a   Kutcher, Gerard ^a   Harrison, Louis ^a   Hahn, Cathy ^a   Ginsberg, Robert ^a   Rusch, Valerie ^a   Kris, Mark ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Radiation; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030744194     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01907-5     Document Type: Article

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