Fractionated Grid Therapy in Treating Cervical Cancers: Conventional Fractionation or Hypofractionation?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 280-288

  Zhang, Hualin ^a   Wang, Jian Z ^a   Mayr, Nina ^a   Kong, Xiang ^a   Yuan, Jiankui ^a   Gupta, Nilendu ^a   Lo, Simon ^a   Grecula, John ^a   Montebello, Joseph ^a   Martin, Douglas ^a   Yuh, William ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Grid therapy; Hypofractionation; Monte Carlo; Therapeutic ratio

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CERVICAL CANCER; GRID THERAPY; HYPOFRACTIONATION; THERAPEUTIC RATIO;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37049038837     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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