Tumor location, cirrhosis, and surgical history contribute to tumor movement in the liver, as measured during stereotactic irradiation using a real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 221-228

  Kitamura, Kei ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Seppenwoolde, Yvette ^b   Shimizu, Tadashi ^a   Kodama, Yoshihisa ^a   Endo, Hideho ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Oda, Makoto ^a   Fujita, Katsuhisa ^a   Shimizu, Shinichi ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intrafractional movement; Liver tumors; Real time tracking

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY; TUMORS;

REAL-TIME TUMOR-TRACKING RADIOTHERAPY (RTRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037403214     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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