Customized conformal high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for limited-volume nasopharyngeal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 754-761

  Ng, Tracy ^a,b   Richards, Gregory M ^a   Emery, Richard S ^a   Ho, Garman ^c   Yung, Raymond ^c   Cheng, Andrew ^c,d   Berson, Anthony M ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boost; Brachytherapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; FIBER OPTICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL (DFS); EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY (EBRT); LOCAL CONTROL (LC);

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 13844298697     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.250     Document Type: Article

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