Effectiveness of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Skull-Base Chordomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a   Karger, Christian P ^b   Feuerhake, Alexandra ^a   Nikoghosyan, Anna ^a   Combs, Stephanie E ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^b   Edler, Lutz ^b   Scholz, Michael ^c   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active beam delivery; Carbon ion radiation therapy; Particle therapy; Skull base chordoma

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ACTIVE BEAM DELIVERY; CARBON ION RADIATION THERAPY; PARTICLE THERAPY; SKULL-BASE CHORDOMA;

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247860977     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.059     Document Type: Article

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