Statistical methods for clinical verification of dose-response parameters related to esophageal stricture and AVM obliteration from radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3797-3816

  Mavroidis, Panayiotis ^a,b   Lind, Bengt K ^a   Theodorou, Kyriaki ^b   Laurell, Göran ^c   Fernberg, Jan Olof ^c   Lefkopoulos, Dimitrios ^d   Kappas, Constantin ^b   Brahme, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

RADIATION TREATMENT; RADIOBIOLOGY;

DOSIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444305954     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/16/023     Document Type: Article

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