High-energy total body irradiation as preparation for bone marrow transplantation in leukemia patients: Treatment technique and related complications

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 391-396

  Bradley, Jeffrey ^a   Reft, Chester ^a   Goldman, Stewart ^a   Rubin, Charles ^a   Nachman, James ^a   Larson, Richard ^a   Hallahan, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; High energy irradiation; Pair production; Thermoluminescent detector (TLD); Total body irradiation (TBI)

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032518471     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00578-6     Document Type: Article

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