Treatment planning and delivery of intensity-modulated radiation therapy for primary nasopharynx cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 623-632

  Hunt, Margie A ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Wolden, Suzanne ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a   LoSasso, Thomas ^a   Rosenzweig, Kenneth ^a   Chong, Lanceford ^a   Spirou, Spiridon V ^a   Fromme, Lisa ^a   Lumley, Moira ^a   Amols, Howard A ^a   Ling, Clifton C ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulation; Nasopharynx cancer; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20244364349     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01389-4     Document Type: Article

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