Veterinary radiation therapy: Review and current state of the art

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-109

  McEntee, Margaret C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COBALT 60;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL CARE; BLEPHARITIS; BLEPHAROSPASM; BONE NECROSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CATARACT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COLITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON THERAPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GAMMA RADIATION; HALITOSIS; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IONIZING RADIATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYOFIBROSIS; NAIL DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PHOTON THERAPY; PROCTITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SKIN FIBROSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRACHEITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULCER HEALING; URETHRITIS; UVEITIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; X RAY; XEROSTOMIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644967621     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0420094     Document Type: Review

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