A brain tumor dose escalation protocol based on effective dose equivalence to prior experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Ten Haken, Randall K ^a,b   Fraass, Benedick A ^a   Lichter, Allen S ^a   Marsh, Lon H ^a   Eric H Radany, B A ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Dose escalation; Isoeffective doses; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031697769     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00208-9     Document Type: Article

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