Conformal radiation therapy treatment planning reduces the dose to the optic structures for patients with tumors of the paranasal sinuses

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Brizel, David M ^a   Light, Kim ^a   Zhou, Su Min ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Optic chiasm; Optic nerve; Paranasal sinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTIC CHIASM; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0033017388     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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