Evaluation of the use of computed tomography versus conventional orthogonal X-ray simulation in the treatment of rectal cancer

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-126

  Chao, Michael ^a,b   Gibbs, P ^a   Tjandra, J ^a   Darben, P ^a   Lim Joon, D ^a   Jones, I T ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Radiation Oncology Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Planning; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORTHOGONAL X RAY SIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18444373223     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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