Spinal cord planning risk volumes for intensity-modulated radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Breen, Stephen L ^a,b   Craig, Tim ^a   Bayley, Andrew ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a,b   Kim, John ^a,b   Jaffray, David ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Oropharynx; Planning risk volumes; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONCOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OROPHARYNX; PLANNING RISK VOLUMES; SPINAL CORD;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 29244489748     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.08.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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