Tomotherapy planning of small brain tumours

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Yartsev, Slav ^a   Kron, Tomas ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^b   Fogliata, Antonella ^b   Bauman, Glenn ^a  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Inverse treatment planning; Small brain tumour radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MENINGIOMA; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 15944378886     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

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