Radiotherapy for chordomas and low-grade chondrosarcomas of the skull base with carbon ions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-42

  Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a   Haberer, Thomas ^b   Jäkel, Oliver ^c   Thilmann, Christoph ^c   Krämer, Michael ^b   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^d   Kraft, Gerhard ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ION BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CHONDROSARCOMAS;

ONCOLOGY;

CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SAFETY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036570077     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02827-9     Document Type: Article

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