Irradiation treatment of laryngeal cancer in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)

Onkologie

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 378-380

  Sepe, S ^a   Schaffer, P ^a   Krimmel, K ^a   Schaffer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOSIMETRY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34347333415     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102279     Document Type: Article

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