Critical appraisal of a conformal head and neck cancer irradiation avoiding electron beams and field matching

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1331-1338

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a   Bieri, Sabine ^a   Bernier, Jacques ^a  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Head and neck cancer; Treatment planning technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032794494     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00319-3     Document Type: Article

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