Actual Dose Variation of Parotid Glands and Spinal Cord for Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients During Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1256-1262

  Han, Chunhui ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Liu, An ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Wong, Jeffrey Y C ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive planning; Helical tomotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Megavoltage computed tomography; Nasopharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER PATIENTS; PAROTID GLANDS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 39749167841     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.10.067     Document Type: Article

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