Comparison of intensity-modulated tomotherapy with stereotactically guided conformal radiotherapy for brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 415-425

  Khoo, Vincent S ^a   Oldham, Mark ^a   Adams, Elizabeth J ^a   Bedford, James L ^a   Webb, Steve ^a   Brada, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumors; Conformal therapy; Intensity modulation; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0032842143     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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