Clinically relevant standards for intensity-modulated radiation therapy dose prescription

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 288-290

  Willins, John ^a,b   Kachnic, Lisa ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CANCER CENTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 40949132955     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn039     Document Type: Editorial

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