Radiation therapy of the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes in cervical carcinoma: A prospective three-dimensional analysis of patient positioning and treatment technique

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Weiss, Elisabeth ^a,b   Richter, Susanne ^a   Hess, Clemens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abt Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D planning; DVH analysis; Paraaortal radiation therapy; Patient positioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; SUPINE POSITION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0142011513     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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