Conformal radiotherapy for lung cancer: Different delineation of the gross tumor volume (GTV) by radiologists and radiation oncologists

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-36

  Giraud, Philippe ^a,b   Elles, Sabine ^e   Helfre, Sylvie ^a   De Rycke, Yann ^a   Servois, Vincent ^a   Carette, Marie France ^b   Alzieu, Claude ^c   Bondiau, Pierre Yves ^d   Dubray, Bernard ^a   Touboul, Emmanuel ^b   Housset, Martin ^b   Rosenwald, Jean Claude ^a   Cosset, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^d CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^e CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Delineation; Lung cancer; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy; Volume definition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036162284     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00444-3     Document Type: Article

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