Conformal proton radiation therapy of the posterior fossa: A study comparing protons with three-dimensional planned photons in limiting dose to auditory structures

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1219-1226

  Lin, Ray ^a   Hug, Eugen B ^a,b,c   Schaefer, Rosemary A ^a   Miller, Daniel W ^a   Slater, James M ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a  

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

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Children; Dose comparison; Particle therapy; Protons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MIDDLE EAR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034331838     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00741-0     Document Type: Article

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