Comparison of 6 MV and 18 MV photons for IMRT treatment of lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Madani, Indira ^a   Vanderstraeten, Barbara ^a,b   Bral, Samuel ^a   Coghe, Marc ^a   De Gersem, Werner ^a   De Wagter, Carlos ^a   Thierens, Hubert ^b   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Loss of electronic equilibrium; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33846256274     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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