Effect of regression of enlarged neck lymph nodes on radiation doses received by parotid glands during intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 600-605

  Kuo, Yu Cheng ^a   Wu, Tung Ho ^a   Chung, Tao Sang ^b   Huang, Kuang Wei ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^c   Su, Wen Chuan ^d   Chiou, Jeng Fong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enlarged neck lymph nodes; Head and neck cancers; IMRT; Parotid glands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845506430     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000239093.95769.b3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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