Proton therapy for pediatric cranial tumors: Preliminary report on treatment and disease-related morbidities

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 455-460

  Mcallister, Bruce ^a   Archambeau, John O ^a   Nguyen, M Connie ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a   Loredo, Lilia ^a   Schulte, Reinhard ^a   Alvarez, Ofelia ^b   Bedros, Antranik A ^b   Kaleita, Thomas ^b   Movers, Michael ^a   Miller, Daniel ^a   Slater, James M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Conformal; Fractionated; Pediatric; Precision; Proton; Radiation morbidity; Radiotherapy; Three dimensional; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MORBIDITY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030842747     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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