Clinical delivery of intensity modulated conformal radiotherapy for relapsed or second-primary head and neck cancer using a multileaf collimator with dynamic control

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-314

  De Neve, Wilfried ^a   De Gersem, Wezner ^a   Derycke, Sylvie ^a   De Meerleer, Gert ^a   Moerman, Mieke ^a   Bate, Marie Thélèse ^a   Van Duyse, Bart ^a   Vakaet, Luc ^a   De Deene, Yves ^a   Mersseman, Bart ^a   De Waeter, Carlos ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intensity modulation; Multileaf collimators; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MANDIBLE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032917123     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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