Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 752-759

  Hong, Linda ^a   Alektiar, Kaled M ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Venkatraman, Ennapadam ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BONE; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; TISSUE; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

FEMUR; LIMB-SPARING; SARCOMA;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMUR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMUR; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; THIGH;

EID: 2942588581     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.11.037     Document Type: Article

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