Cervical Cancer Regression Measured Using Weekly Magnetic Resonance Imaging During Fractionated Radiotherapy: Radiobiologic Modeling and Correlation With Tumor Hypoxia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Lim, Karen ^a,b   Chan, Philip ^a   Dinniwell, Robert ^a,b   Fyles, Anthony ^a,b   Haider, Masoom ^a,b   Cho, Young Bin ^a   Jaffray, David ^a,b   Manchul, Lee ^a,b   Levin, Wilfred ^a,b   Hill, Richard P ^a,b   Milosevic, Michael ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer of the uterine cervix; Cervical cancer; Hypoxia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiobiology; Radiotherapy; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CERVICAL CANCER; HYPOXIA; RADIOBIOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TUMOR BURDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37049017075     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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