Potential role of proton therapy in the treatment of pediatric medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors: Reduction of the supratentorial target volume

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-484

  Miralbell, Raymond ^a,e   Lomax, Anthony ^b   Bortfeld, Thomas ^c   Rouzaud, Michel ^d   Carrie, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Deutsches Krebsforshungszentrum   (Germany)

^d CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative planning; Inverse planning; Late morbidity; Medulloblastoma; Pediatric; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; X RAY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030795947     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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