Conformal proton radiation treatment for retroperitoneal neuroblastoma: Introduction of a novel technique

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-41

  Hug, Eugen B ^a,b,d   Nevinny Stickel, Meinhard ^c   Fuss, Martin ^a   Miller, Daniel W ^a   Schaefer, Rosemary A ^a   Slater, Jerry D ^a  

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

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Pediatric malignancies; Proton therapy; Retroperitoneal

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COBALT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034951531     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1160     Document Type: Article

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