ConPas: A 3-D conformal parotid gland-sparing irradiation technique for bilateral neck treatment as an alternative to IMRT

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 673-682

  Wiggenraad, Ruud ^a   Mast, Mirjam ^a   Van Santvoort, Jan ^a   Hoogendoorn, Marc ^b   Struikmans, Henk ^a  

^a Medical Center the Hague   (Netherlands)

^b Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Parotid gland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFORMAL PAROTID SPARING TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY;

HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26444450999     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-005-1413-8     Document Type: Article

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