Evaluation of two dose-volume histogram reduction models for the prediction of radiation pneumonitis

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-69

  Kwa, Stefan L S ^a   Theuws, Jacqueline C M ^a   Wagenaar, Antoinette ^a   Damen, Eugene M F ^a   Boersma, Liesbeth J ^a   Baas, Paul ^a   Muller, Sara H ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dose volume histogram; Lung; Lung cancer; Malignant lymphoma; Normal tissue complication probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0031817857     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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