Dose optimization for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: A comparison of treatment planning techniques

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 475-483

  Posner, Marc D ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^a,b   Akazawa, Pam F ^a   Xia, Ping ^a   Akazawa, Clayton ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid cancer; Conformal radiation therapy; Intensity modulation; Inverse treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034264595     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00621-0     Document Type: Article

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