Quantification of Trade-Off Between Parotid Gland Sparing and Planning Target Volume Underdosages in Clinically Node-Negative Head-and-Neck Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-143

  de Kruijf, Wilhelmus J M ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose volume analysis; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse treatment planning; Parotid gland; Subclinical disease control probability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE VOLUME ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; SUBCLINICAL DISEASE CONTROL PROBABILITY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT PALATE; TONSIL TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247102221     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.049     Document Type: Article

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