An Improved Approach to External Beam Radiation Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Cavity Lesions for Rural Cancer Centers

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-277

  Gearheart, Darren M ^a   Walker, Peggy ^a   Collett, Brad S ^a   Modur, Raghuram S ^a  

^a Pikeville Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal lesions(s); Dosimetry; EBRT; Treatment technique(s)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTESTINE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY; LIVER; PARTICLE RADIATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 35548988921     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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