An Evaluation of Conformal and Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy in Whole Ventricular Radiotherapy for Localised Primary Intracranial Germinomas

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Raggi, E ^a,b   Mosleh Shirazi, M A ^a,c   Saran, F H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; germinoma; intensity modulated radiotherapy; intracranial germ cell tumours; whole ventricular radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WHOLE VENTRICULAR RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649097717     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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