Helical tomotherapy as a means of administering total or partial scalp irradiation: In regards to Bedford et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;62:1549-1558) [3]

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1288-1289

  Khuntia, Deepak ^a   Jaradat, Hazim ^a   Orton, Nigel ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang ^a   Mehta, Minesh P ^a   Welsh, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LETTER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKULL IRRADIATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; NECK; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33644541105     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.020     Document Type: Letter

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