Feasibility of using intensity-modulated radiotherapy to improve lung sparing in treatment planning for distal esophageal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-253

  Chandra, Anurag ^a   Guerrero, Thomas M ^a   Liu, H Helen ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Murshed, Hasan ^a   Bonnen, Mark D ^a   Garg, Amit K ^a   Stevens, Craig W ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a   Jeter, Melinda D ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944446823     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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