Physiologic and Radiographic Evidence of the Distal Edge of the Proton Beam in Craniospinal Irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 646-649

  Krejcarek, Stephanie C ^a   Grant, P Ellen ^a   Henson, John W ^a,b   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a   Yock, Torunn I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniospinal irradiation; Dosimetry; Late effects; Medulloblastoma; Proton radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BONE MARROW; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY;

PROTON BEAMS;

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE ROOT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL IRRADIATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249341395     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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