Fractionated, three-dimensional, planning-assisted proton-radiation therapy for orbital rhabdomyosarcoma: a novel technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 979-984

  Hug, Eugen B ^a,b,c,d   Adams, Judy ^a,b   Fitzek, Markus ^a,b   De Vries, Alexander ^a,b   Munzenrider, John E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma; Particle therapy; Pediatric malignancies; Protons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; MALE; ORBIT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORBIT; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034237240     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00545-9     Document Type: Article

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