Treatment outcomes and dose-volume histogram analysis of simultaneous integrated boost method for malignant gliomas using intensity-modulated radiotherapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Nakamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Minoru ^a,b   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Kanamori, Shuichi ^a   Koike, Ryuta ^a   Shibata, Toru ^a   Shintani, Naoya ^a   Okumura, Masahiko ^a   Okajima, Kaoru ^c   Akai, Fumiharu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Malignant glioma; Simultaneous integrated boost technique

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; NIMUSTINE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEIZURE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40149101379     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0722-6     Document Type: Article

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