Comparison with dose-volume histograms of two conformal irradiation techniques used for the treatment of T2N0M0 nasopharyngeal cancer, one with association of photons and protons and another with photons alone;Comparaison par les histogrammes dose-volume de deux techniques d'irradiation conformationnelle des cancers du nasopharynx classés T4N0M0, l'une par photons et protons et l'autre par photons seuls

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 337-348

  Noel G ^a,b   Boisserie, G ^b   Dessard Diana, B ^b   Ferrand, R ^a   Hasboun, D ^b   Gasowski, M ^b   Desblancs, C L ^a   Simon, J M ^b   Baillet, F ^b   Mazeron, J J ^a,b  

^a Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; COBALT; PROTON;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INNER EAR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036931217     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(02)00222-6     Document Type: Article

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