Dose-volumetric parameters of acute esophageal toxicity in patients with lung cancer treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 995-1002

  Tae, Hyun Kim ^a   Kwan, Ho Cho ^a   Hong, Ryull Pyo ^a   Jin, Soo Lee ^a   Ji, Youn Han ^a   Jae, Ill Zo ^a   Jong, Mog Lee ^a   Eun, Kyoung Hong ^a   Il, Ju Choi ^a   Sung, Yong Park ^a   Kyung, Hwan Shin ^a   Dae, Yong Kim ^a   Joo, Young Kim ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute esophageal toxicity; Dose volumetric parameter; Lung cancer; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; ONCOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

ACUTE ESOPHAGEAL TOXICITY (AET); ESOPHAGUS; MULRIVARIATE LOGISTIC; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY (3D-CRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21244489517     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.025     Document Type: Article

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