Spot Scanning Proton Therapy in the Curative Treatment of Adult Patients With Sarcoma: The Paul Scherrer Institute Experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 865-871

  Weber, Damien C ^a   Rutz, Hans Peter ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^a   Pedroni, Eros ^a   Coray, Adolf ^a   Jermann, Martin ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^a   Hug, Eugen B ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Local tumor control; Proton beam therapy; Sarcoma; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; PROTON BEAMS; TISSUE;

LOCAL TUMOR CONTROL; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; SARCOMA; SPOT SCANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE; PROTON; TOPOTECAN; VINBLASTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; SWITZERLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548671412     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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