Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Different Head-and-Neck Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning Techniques on Doses to the Skin and Shallow Targets

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 607-613

  Court, Laurence E ^a   Tishler, Roy B ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; PTV; Skin toxicity

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; SKIN; TISSUE;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; SKIN TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TOXICITY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34548473373     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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