CT-planned accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy in the radical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Lester, Jason F ^a   MacBeth, Fergus R ^a   Brewster, Alison E ^a   Court, Jon B ^a   Iqbal, Nayyer ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration; CT planned radiotherapy; Hypofractionation; Non small cell lung cancer; Radical radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042711198     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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