Spanish patterns of care for 3D radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-142

  Casas, Francesc ^a   Viñolas, Núria ^b   Sanchez Reyes, Alberto ^c   Jorcano, Sandra ^b   Planas, Isabel ^b   Marruecos, Jordi ^b   Pino, Francisco ^b   Herreros, Antoni ^b   Biete, Albert ^b  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Clinica Platon   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D planning; External radiotherapy; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

3D PLANNING; EXTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; PNEUMONITIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; SPAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645997004     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.049     Document Type: Article

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