Radiotherapy of small intracranial tumours with different advanced techniques using photon and proton beams: A treatment planning study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Bolsi, Alessandra ^a,b   Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a,c  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative treatment planning; Intensity modulated photon therapy; Proton therapy; Stereotactical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATION RADIOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENINGIOMA; PASSIVE SCATTERING PROTONS RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SPOT SCANNING PROTONS RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC ARC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0142106846     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00117-8     Document Type: Article

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