Image-guided total marrow and total lymphatic irradiation using helical tomotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1259-1267

  Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Wong, Jeffrey ^a   Liu, An ^a   Olivera, Gustavo ^b   Somlo, George ^a  

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

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Total lymphatic irradiation; Total marrow irradiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; BRAIN; DRUG DOSAGE; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; TOTAL LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; TOTAL MARROW IRRADIATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; EYE; FEMALE; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; OVARY; PAROTID GLAND; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RIB; SECOND CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; STERNUM; STOMACH; TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; VEIN OCCLUSION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33847244951     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.047     Document Type: Article

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