Analysis of the relationship between tumor dose inhomogeneity and local control in patients with skull base chordoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-358

  Terahara, Atsuro ^a,b   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Goitein, Michael ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne ^a   Hug, Eugen ^a   Liebsch, Norbert ^a   O'Farrell, Desmond ^a   Lyons, Sue ^a   Munzenrider, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Dose inhomogeneity; Dose volume histogram; Proton; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; SKULL BASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHORDOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032867277     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00146-7     Document Type: Article

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