The delta-TCP concept: A clinically useful measure of tumor control probability

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-380

  Sanchez Nieto, B ^a   Nahum, A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; LQ model; Non uniform dose distributions; Treatment plan evaluation; Tumor control probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032912743     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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