A modified technique for craniospinal irradiation in children designed to reduce acute and late radiation toxicity

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Phillips, Claire ^a   Willis, David ^a   Cramb, Jim ^a   Chicas Angulo, Franc ^b   Sexton, Maree ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Dept of Radiation Oncology Victoria ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Craniospinal irradiation; Mixed photon electron beam; Radiation toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON RADIATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGHT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION; SKULL IRRADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3843102710     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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