Investigation of various growth mechanisms of solid tumour growth within the linear-quadratic model for radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1039-1054

  McAneney, H ^a   O'Rourke, S F C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

GOMPERTZ MODELS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LINEAR-QUADRATIC SURVIVAL MODEL; RE-GROWTH;

GROWTH KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GROWTH RATE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247104182     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/4/012     Document Type: Article

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