Reduction of late complications after irregularly shaped four-field whole pelvic radiotherapy using computed tomographic simulation compared with parallel-opposed whole pelvic radiotherapy

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 180-184

  Yamazaki, Akira ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a,b   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Hashimoto, Seiko ^a   Kitahara, Toshihiro ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Irregularly shaped) four field radiotherapy; Cancer; Complication; CT simulation; Radiotherapy; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034034343     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd049     Document Type: Article

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