Evaluation of a radiotherapy protocol based on INT0116 for completely resected gastric adenocarcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1446-1453

  Chung, Hans T ^a   Shakespeare, Thomas P ^b   Wynne, Christopher J ^b   Lu, Jay J ^b   Mukherjee, Rahul K ^b   Back, Michael F ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Gastric cancer; Observer variation; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH ANTRUM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242680880     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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