Comprehensive irradiation of head and neck cancer using conformal multisegmental fields: Assessment of target coverage and noninvolved tissue sparing

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-568

  Eisbruch, Avraham ^a   Marsh, Lon H ^a   Martel, Mary K ^a   Ship, Jonathan A ^a   Ten Haken, Randall ^a   Pu, Anthony T ^a   Fraass, Benedick A ^a   Lichter, Allen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulation; Irradiation; Parotid gland; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0031749966     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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