Intensity modulated and three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy plans for oropharyngeal cancer: A comparison of their sensitivity to set-up errors and uncertainties

Current Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Ploquin, N ^b   Lau, H ^a,b,c   Dunscombe, Peter ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Equivalent uniform dose; Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Set up error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33646353403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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