Radiation techniques for head and neck tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-220

  Bratengeier, Klaus ^a   Pfreundner, Leo ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D; Conformal radiotherapy; Head and neck tumors; Hypopharynx; Oropharynx; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034254316     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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