Is the chest radiograph a reliable tool in the assessment of tumor response after radiotherapy in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1037-1045

  Langendijk, Hans A ^a   Lamers, Rob J S ^b   Ten Velde, Guul P M ^c   Sanders, Dave G M ^b   De Jong, Jos M A ^a   Kessels, Fons ^b   Wouters, Emiel F M ^b  

^a MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; CT scan of the chest; Nonsmall cell lung carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Response assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 18244417793     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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