Comparison of advanced irradiation techniques with photons for benign intracranial tumours

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Cozzi, L ^a   Clivio, A ^a,b   Bauman, G ^c   Cora, S ^e   Nicolini, G ^a   Pellegrini, R ^d   Vanetti, E ^a,b   Yartsev, S ^c   Fogliata, A ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^d 3 D Line Medical Systems srl Milan   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di Vicenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMOA; Cyberknife; Helical tomotherapy; Intensity modulated photon therapy; Stereotactical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; DYNAMIC INTENSITY MODULATED ARC THERAPY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTACTIC ARC THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMMOMA; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33748063637     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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