A comparison of conformal and intensity-modulated techniques for oesophageal radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-163

  Nutting, Christopher M ^a   Bedford, James L ^a   Cosgrove, Vivian P ^a   Tait, Diana M ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Webb, Steve ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose escalation; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Oesophageal carcinoma; Radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LUNG TOXICITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0034748989     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00438-8     Document Type: Article

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