Basic principles of radiobiology, radiotherapy, and radiosurgery

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 467-479

  Shrieve, Dennis C ^a   Klish, Marie ^a   Wendland, Merideth M ^a   Watson, Gordon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 19444371822     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2004.04.011     Document Type: Review

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