Deterministic rather than stochastic factors explain most of the variation in the expression of skin telangiectasia after radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 198-204

  Safwat, Akmal ^a   Bentzen, Soren M ^a,d   Turesson, Ingela ^b   Hendry, Jolyon H ^c  

^a Group for Biostatistics in Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Late effects; Normal tissue damage; Radiotherapy; Telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION DAMAGE; TISSUE;

PATHOGENESIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 0036139437     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02690-6     Document Type: Article

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