Comparison of helical tomotherapy versus conventional radiation to deliver craniospinal radiation

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Kunos, Charles A ^a,b   Dobbins, Donald C ^a   Kulasekere, Ravi ^a   Latimer, Bruce ^b   Kinsella, Timothy J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Craniospinal radiation; Radiation related growth delay; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CRANIOSPINAL RADIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUTROPHIL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINE; THROMBOCYTE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 45349105808     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700308     Document Type: Article

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