IMRT for postoperative treatment of gastric cancer: Covering large target volumes in the upper abdomen: A comparison of a step-and-shoot and an arc therapy approach

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1236-1244

  Wieland, Petra ^a   Dobler, Barbara ^a   Mai, Sabine ^a   Hermann, Brigitte ^a   Tiefenbacher, Uta ^a   Steil, Volker ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiochemotherapy; Gastric cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT); Step and shoot; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TUMORS;

GASTRIC CANCERS; RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042563281     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.051     Document Type: Article

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