Conformal three-dimensional photon radiotherapy for paranasal sinus tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-231

  Lohr, Frank ^a   Pirzkall, Andrea ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a,b   Rhein, Bernhard ^b   Höss, Angelika ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photon electron field matching; Three dimensional treatment planning, Paranasal sinus tumor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034254688     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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