Feasibility of intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the treatment of advanced cervical chordoma

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Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-304

  Gabriele, Pietro ^a   Macias, Victor ^a,b   Stasi, Michele ^a   Chauvie, Stéphane ^a   Munoz, Fernando ^a   Delmastro, Elena ^a   Scielzo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiation therapy; Chordoma; Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); Paraspinal tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ADVANCED CERVICAL CHORDOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; COLLIMATOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL CHORDOMA;

EID: 0042929629     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160308900313     Document Type: Article

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