Comparison of treatment plans involving intensity-modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-337

  Xia, Ping ^a   Fu, Karen K ^a   Wong, Gordon W ^a   Akazawa, Clayton ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033828178     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00585-X     Document Type: Article

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