Dosimetric study and in-vivo dose verification for conformal avoidance treatment of anal adenocarcinoma using helical tomotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Han, Chunhui ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Liu, An ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Wong, Jeffrey Y C ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Conformal avoidance; Helical tomotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33847076128     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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