Comparative skin dose measurement in the treatment of anal canal cancer: Conventional versus conformal therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1316-1321

  Devica, Slobodan ^a,b   Hegyi, Gyorgy ^a   Vuong, Té ^a   Muanza, Thierry ^a   Podgorsak, Ervin B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anal canal cancer treatment; GafChromic film dosimetry; Skin dose measurement

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

ANAL CANAL; CONFORMAL THERAPY; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; RADIATION-INDUCED; RANDO PHANTOM; SKIN DOSE; SKIN SURFACES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANUS CANCER; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 3042559687     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1737511     Document Type: Article

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