Intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 691-696

  Lee, N Y ^a   Terezakis, S A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External beam radiation; Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA ULCER; DOSIMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; XEROSTOMIA;

FORECASTING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 44949217605     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21014     Document Type: Review

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