Extracranial stereotactic radiation therapy: Set-up accuracy of patients treated for liver metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-335

  Herfarth, K K ^a,b   Debus, J ^a,b   Lohr, F ^b   Bahner, M L ^a   Fritz, P ^b   Hoss A ^a   Schlegel, W ^a   Wannenmacher, M F ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Liver; Set up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033977805     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00413-7     Document Type: Article

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