Repeat CT imaging and replanning during the course of IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-362

  Hansen, Eric K ^a   Bucci, M Kara ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^b   Xia, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Imaging; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 30544439631     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.07.957     Document Type: Article

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