The role of proton therapy in the treatment of large irradiation volumes: A comparative planning study of pancreatic and biliary tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 277-288

  Zurlo, Alfredo ^a   Lomax, Antony ^b   Hoess, Angelika ^c   Bortfeld, Thomas ^c   Russo, Mariateresa ^d,f   Goitein, Gudrun ^b   Valentini, Vincenzo ^e   Marucci, Laura ^e   Capparella, Roberto ^d   Loasses, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d Fondazione TERA Per l'Adroterapia   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative planning; Conformal radiotherapy; Intensity modulated photons; Protons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BILE DUCT CANCER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0034255970     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00522-8     Document Type: Article

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