IMRT for adjuvant radiation in gastric cancer: A preferred plan?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 732-738

  Ringash, Jolie ^a,c   Perkins, Greg ^c   Brierley, James ^a   Lockwood, Gina ^b   Islam, Mohammad ^b   Catton, Pamela ^a   Cummings, Bernard ^a   Kim, John ^a   Wong, Rebecca ^a   Dawson, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Gastric neoplasms; IMRT; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TARGETS;

CONFORMAL PLANNING; GASTRIC NEOPLASMS; IMRT;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ONCOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPINAL CORD; STOMACH CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25844506674     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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