Stereotactic body radiation therapy: An ablative treatment option for primary and secondary liver tumors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-138

  Fuss, Martin ^a,b   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver ablation; Liver metastasis; Review; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; NAUSEA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VACUUM; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; RADIOSURGERY;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342593284     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.10.907     Document Type: Review

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