Volume effects in the irradiated canine spinal cord: Do they exist when the probability of injury is low?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-306

  Powers, Barbara E ^a   Thames, Howard D ^b   Gillette, Sharon M ^a   Smith, Cyndi ^b   Beck, Elsa R ^c   Gillette, Edward L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Animal Cancer Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Spinal cord; Volume effects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031961302     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00213-2     Document Type: Article

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