Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers: Pitfalls, Hazards, and Cautions To Be Considered

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Randall, Marcus E ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT); organ motion; radiation induced malignancies; radiobiology of IMRT; target motion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HAZARD; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SAFETY;

EID: 33745260670     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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