Fetal dose during radiotherapy: Clinical implementation and review of the literature

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 352-357

  Nuyttens, J J ^a,b   Prado, K L ^a   Jenrette, J M ^a   Williams, T E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Radiotherapy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIATION SICKNESS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC;

EID: 0036932272     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(02)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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