Dose-volume histogram analysis as predictor of radiation pneumonitis in primary lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1355-1363

  Fay, Michael ^a   Tan, Alex ^a   Fisher, Richard ^a   Mac Manus, Michael ^a   Wirth, Andrew ^a   Ball, David ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Lung cancer; Radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOSIMETERS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCERS; MEAN LUNG DOSE (MLD); RADIATION PNEUMONITIS (RP);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 16344380831     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.08.025     Document Type: Article

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