The role for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in pediatric population

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-595

  Bhatnagar, Ajay ^a   Deutsch, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

And IMRT; Pediatric cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COLLIMATOR; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LENS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; METASTASIS; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SPINE CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33846074392     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460600500606     Document Type: Article

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