Scattered dose to gonads and associated risks from radiotherapy for common pediatric malignancies: A phantom study

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 332-337

  Mazonakis, Michalis ^a   Zacharopoulou, Fotini ^a   Kachris, Stefanos ^a   Varveris, Charalambos ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Gonadal dose; Radiation risks; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COLLIMATOR; DISEASE SIMULATION; GONAD DOSE; HODGKIN DISEASE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TESTIS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34347258832     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1653-x     Document Type: Article

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