Volume definition in radiotherapy planning for lung cancer: How the radiologist can help

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-123

  Roy, A E F ^a   Wells, P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal planning; Imaging; Lung cancer; Radical radiotherapy; Target volume definition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT SELECTION;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 33748860707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0019     Document Type: Review

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