Stereotactic intensity modulated radiation therapy and inverse treatment planning for tumors of the head and neck region: Clinical implementation of the step and shoot approach and first clinical results

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-321

  Münter, Marc W ^a   Thilmann, Christoph ^a   Hof, Holger ^a   Didinger, Bernd ^a   Rhein, Bernhard ^a   Nill, Simeon ^a   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^a   Wannenmacher, Michael ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Head and neck; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Inverse treatment planning; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BONE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; MASK; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; THORAX; TIME; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0037541567     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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