Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in head and neck cancers: The Mallinckrodt Experience

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-103

  Chao, K S Clifford ^a,b   Low, Daniel A ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancers; Intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034024133     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000420)90:2<92::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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