Early Mucosal Reactions During and After Head-and-Neck Radiotherapy: Dependence of Treatment Tolerance on Radiation Dose and Schedule Duration

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 625-634

  Fenwick, John D ^a   Lawrence, Geoff P ^a   Malik, Zafar ^a   Nahum, Alan E ^a   Mayles, W Philip M ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute reaction; Discriminant analysis; Dose time; Early reaction; Mucositis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CURVE FITTING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACUTE REACTIONS; BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSES; DOSE TIME; EARLY REACTIONS; MUCOSITIS; TREATMENT TOLERANCE;

DOSIMETERS;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL DEATH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 43049167072     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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