Applicator-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1400-1406

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a   Markman, Jerry ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Klein, Eric E ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer treatment; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036535581     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02798-5     Document Type: Article

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