The relationship between belly board position and patient anatomy and its influence on dose-volume histogram of small bowel for postoperative radiotherapy of rectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-349

  Koelbl, Oliver ^a   Vordermark, Dirk ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belly board; Irradiation technique; Rectal cancer; Small bowel toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RECTUM CANCER; SACROILIAC JOINT; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0038642531     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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