Execution of mantle field with multileaf collimator: A simple approach

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-20

  Prabhakar, Ramachandran ^a,b   Haresh, Kunhi Parambath ^a   Sridhar, Pappiah ^a   Laviraj, Macharla ^a   Julka, Pramod ^a   Rath, Goura ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's lymphoma; Mantle field; Multileaf collimator; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLAVICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; EARLY CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE; MANTLE FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; MEDIASTINUM; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; NECK; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 42349105830     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.39600     Document Type: Article

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