Craniospinal axis irradiation in children. Treatment in supine position including field verification as a prerequisite for anesthesia without intubation

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 409-412

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Holtzhauer, Ralf ^b   Baumann, Rolf ^b   Leuwer, Martin ^b   Karstens, Johann Hinrich ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Craniospinal axis irradiation; Field verification; Supine position; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; SKULL; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032774980     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000660050030     Document Type: Article

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