Setup Variations in Radiotherapy of Esophageal Cancer: Evaluation by Daily Megavoltage Computed Tomographic Localization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1537-1545

  Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Han, Chunhui ^a   Liu, An ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Kernstine, Kemp H ^a   Shibata, Stephen ^a   Vora, Nayana L ^a   Pezner, Richard D ^a   Wong, Jeffrey Y C ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Helical tomotherapy; MVCT; Radiotherapy; Setup variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE; SETUP VARIATION;

ONCOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34547480342     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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