Preliminary results from a Phase II trail of conforml radiation therapy for pediatric patients with localised low-grade astrocytoma and ependymoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 325-332

  Merchant, Thomas E ^a,b   Zhu, Yunping ^a   Thompson, Stephen J ^a   Sontag, Marc R ^a   Heideman, Richard L ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Protein Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain neoplasms; Ependymoma; Pediatrics; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY (CRT);

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN REGION; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIC NERVE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036471237     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01807-7     Document Type: Article

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