Particle beam radiotherapy for head and neck tumors: Radiobiological basis and clinical experience

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 750-760

  Jereczek Fossa, Barbara Alicja ^a,c   Krengli, Marco ^b   Orecchia, Roberto ^a,c,d  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadrontherapy; Head and neck tumors; Ions; Neutrons; Particle beam; Protons; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HADRON; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PARTICLE BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHORDOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746343077     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20448     Document Type: Review

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