Portal imaging based definition of the planning target volume during pelvic irradiation for gynecological malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Mock, Ulrike ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Wolff, Uwe ^a   Knocke, Thomas Hendrik ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gynecological malignancies; Portal Imaging; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032776588     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00140-6     Document Type: Article

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