Changes in lateral dimensions of irradiated volume and their impact on the accuracy of dose delivery during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Senkus Konefka, Elzbieta ^a   Naczk, Edmund ^a   Borowska, Ilona ^a   Badzio, Andrzej ^a   Jassem, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Head and neck tumors; Radiotherapy; Volume changes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SICKNESS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33746370380     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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