Spinal cord tolerance to high-dose fractionated 3D conformal proton-photon irradiation as evaluated by equivalent uniform dose and dose volume histogram analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-555

  Marucci, Laura ^a,b   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Liebsch, Norbert J ^a   Aboubaker, Fethiya ^a   Liu, Mitchell C C ^a   Munzenrider, J E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiotherapy; Equivalent uniform dose; Proton irradiation; Spinal cord chondrosarcoma; Spinal cord chordoma; Spinal cord tolerance

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHOTONS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM (DVH); EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE (EUD); SPINAL CORD;

ONCOLOGY;

COBALT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442474267     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.058     Document Type: Article

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