An implementation strategy for IMRT of ethmoid sinus cancer with bilateral sparing of the optic pathways

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 318-331

  Claus, Filip ^a   De Gersem, Werner ^a   De Wagter, Carlos ^a   Van Severen, Robert ^a   Vanhoutte, Ilse ^a   Duthoy, Wim ^a   Remouchamps, Vincent ^a   Van Duyse, Bart ^a   Vakaet, Luc ^a   Lemmerling, Marc ^a   Vermeersch, Hubert ^a   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical implementation; Ethmoid sinus; IMRT; Optic; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

OPTIC PATHWAYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHMOID SINUS; ETHMOID SIUNUS CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRAIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETINA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035479178     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01627-3     Document Type: Article

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