A review of image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for spinal tumors

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-235

  Yamada, Yoshiya ^a,b   Lovelock, D Michael ^a   Bilsky, Mark H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided intensity modulated radiotherapy; Paraspinal radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548426521     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000279970.10309.B5     Document Type: Review

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