Managing liver metastases with conformal radiation therapy

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Topkan, Erkan ^a   Onal, Huseyin Cem ^a   Yavuz, Melek Nur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL;

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 38949181517     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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