Proton Radiotherapy for Childhood Ependymoma: Initial Clinical Outcomes and Dose Comparisons

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 979-986

  MacDonald, Shannon M ^a   Safai, Sairos ^a   Trofimov, Alexei ^a   Wolfgang, John ^a   Fullerton, Barbara ^b   Yeap, Beow Y ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a   Yock, Torunn ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Pediatric brain tumors; Proton beam radiation

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; HEALTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PIGMENTS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BEAM ANGLES; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS (DVH); ELSEVIER (CO); EPENDYMOMA; HARVARD; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRP); LOCAL CONTROL (LC); NORMAL TISSUES; OVERALL SURVIVAL (OS) RATES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON RADIATIONS; PROTON THERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TUMOR VOLUMES;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DISEASES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; HEALTH; LITHOGRAPHY; PARTICLES; PIGMENT; PLANT TISSUES; POWER PLANTS; PROTONS; RADIATION; TUMORS;

EID: 45449096465     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.065     Document Type: Article

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