Randomized trial on two types of thermoplastic masks for patient immobilization during radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 250-256

  Sharp, Lena ^a   Lewin, Freddi ^a   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Payne, David ^b   Gerhardsson, Ansi ^c   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ministry of the Environment   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early skin damage; Immobilization; Patient tolerability; Radiotherapy; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

PATIENT COMFORT; SKIN DAMAGE; SKIN REACTIONS;

ONCOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 11144284643     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.047     Document Type: Article

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