Intensity modulated radiotherapy in abdominal malignancies: Our experience in reducing the dose to normal structures as compared to the gross tumor

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Kataria, Tejinder ^a   Rawat, Sheh ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Negi, P ^a   Garg, Charu ^a   Bhalla, N ^a   Munjal, R ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846630343     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.29825     Document Type: Article

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