Radiation planning comparison for superficial tissue avoidance in radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the lower extremity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 847-856

  Griffin, Anthony M ^a   Euler, Colleen I ^b   Sharpe, Michael B ^c   Ferguson, Peter C ^a   Wunder, Jay S ^a   Bell, Robert S ^a   Chung, Peter W M ^d   Catton, Charles N ^d   O'Sullivan, Brian ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremity soft tissue sarcoma; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Planning comparison; Radiotherapy; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

EXTREMITY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PLANNING COMPARISON; SURGICAL FLAPS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN FLAP; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SARCOMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33846807384     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.09.048     Document Type: Article

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