The effect of setup uncertainty on normal tissue sparing with IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1400-1409

  Manning, Matthew A ^a,b   Wu, Quiwen ^a   Cardinale, Robert M ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Lauve, Andrew D ^a   Kavanagh, Brian D ^a   Morris, Monica M ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Rupert K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Parotid; Salivary glands; Setup uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PAROTID GLAND;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0035577194     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01740-0     Document Type: Article

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