Visual outcome of accelerated fractionated radiation for advanced sinonasal malignancies employing photons/protons

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Weber, Damien C ^a,b   Chan, Annie W ^a   Lessell, Simmons ^c   McIntyre, James F ^a   Goldberg, Saveli I ^a   Bussiere, Marc R ^a   Fitzek, Markus M ^d   Thornton, Allan F ^a   DeLaney, Thomas F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated fractionated radiation; Late visual complications; Paranasal sinus cancer; Proton beam radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; NOSE TUMOR; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTON THERAPY; RETINOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845203048     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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