Dislocation of small bowel volume within box pelvic treatment fields, using new 'up down table' device

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 465-473

  Capirci, Carlo ^a   Polico, Cesare ^a,b   Mandoliti, Giovanni ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (Italy)

^b Dept of Radiat Oncol   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pelvic irradiation; Prevention of bowel injury; Small bowel tolerance

Indexed keywords

BOX PELVIC TREATMENT FIELDS;

IRRADIATION; POLYSTYRENES; TOXICITY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035479040     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01644-3     Document Type: Article

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