Dose-volume modeling of the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications among esophageal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 754-761

  Tucker, Susan L ^a   Liu, H Helen ^a   Wang, Shulian ^b   Wei, Xiong ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

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

^b CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dose mass histogram; Esophageal cancer; Lyman model; Normal tissue complication probability; Postoperative pulmonary complications

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

DOSE-MASS HISTOGRAM; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; LYMAN MODEL; NORMAL-TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGAN SIZE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TARGET ORGAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 33748927788     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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