Stereotactic conformal radiotherapy for posterior fossa tumours: A modelling study for potential improvement in therapeutic ratio

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Murthy, Vedang ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a   Sarin, Rajiv ^a   Nehru, Ramaswamy M ^a   Deshpande, Deepak ^a   Dinshaw, Ketayun A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose volume histograms; Modelling; Posterior fossa tumours; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN STEM; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; EPENDYMOMA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0038515274     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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