Efficacy of a belly board device with CT-simulation in reducing small bowel volume within pelvic irradiation fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-76

  Das, Indra J ^a   Lanciano, Rachelle M ^a,b   Movsas, Benjamin ^a   Kagawa, Kazufumi ^a,c   Barnes, Scott J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Delaware Co Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Belly board device; CT simulation; Rectal cancer; Small bowel toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030826232     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00310-6     Document Type: Article

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