Proton radiation therapy (PRT) for pediatric optic pathway gliomas: Comparison with 3D planned conventional photons and a standard photon technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1117-1126

  Fuss, Martin ^c   Hug, Eugen B ^a,b   Schaefer, Rosemary A ^a   Nevinny Stickel, Meinhard ^a   Miller, Daniel W ^a   Slater, James M ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Dose comparison; Optic glioma; Photons; Protons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0032803373     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00337-5     Document Type: Article

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