Treating the contents and not the container: Dosimetric study of hair-sparing whole brain intensity modulated radiation therapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-570

  Roberge, David ^a   Parker, William ^b   Niazi, Tamim M ^a   Olivares, Marina ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopecia; And Cerebral metastases; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; SCALP; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 26844566846     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460500400510     Document Type: Article

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