Improvement of treatment plans developed with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for concave-shaped head and neck tumors

Radiology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-64

  Dogan, Nesrin ^a   Leybovich, Leonid B ^a   King, Stephanie ^a   Sethi, Anil ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms, therapeutic radiology; Therapeutic radiology, comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036204760     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2231010974     Document Type: Article

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