A Highly Reproducible Bolus Immobilization Technique for the Treatment of Scalp Malignancies

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Lin, Steven H ^a   Latronico, Diane ^a   Teslow, Terrance ^a   Bajaj, Gopal K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolus; Immobilization; Scalp; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCALP TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38849177371     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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