A pilot study of brain tumour growth between radiotherapy planning and delivery

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-108

  Pennington, C ^a   Kilbride, L ^a   Grant, R ^a   Wardlaw, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Delays in treatment; Glioblastoma multiforme; MRI; Radiotherapy; Tumour volume measuring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31644449935     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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