In regard to Ciernik et al.: Automated functional image-guided radiation treatment planning for rectal cancer (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;62:893-900) [3]

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1611-1612

  Roels, Sarah ^a   Haustermans, Karin ^a   Grégoire, Vincent ^b   Withers, H Rodney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BODY MOVEMENT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PELVIS TUMOR; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645340046     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.030     Document Type: Letter

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