A study of planning dose constraints for treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma using a commercial inverse treatment planning system

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 886-896

  Xia, Ping ^a,b   Lee, Nancy ^a   Liu, Yu Ming ^a   Poon, Ian ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^a   Shin, Edward ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse planning; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

BRAIN STEMS; SPINAL CHORDS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL CORD; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 2942553914     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.040     Document Type: Article

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