Conventional, conformal, and intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning of external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer: The impact of tumor regression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-196

  Van De Bunt, Linda ^a   Van Der Heide, Uulke A ^a   Ketelaars, Martijn ^a   De Kort, Gerard A P ^a   Jürgenliemk Schulz, Ina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; External beam radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Tumor regression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

CERVICAL CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN;

BLADDER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTESTINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; REMISSION INDUCTION; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29244476853     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.04.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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