Application of real-time tumor-tracking and gated radiotherapy system for unresectable pancreatic cancer

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-590

  Ahn, Yong Chan ^a   Shimizu, Shinichi ^b   Shirato, Hiroki ^c   Hashimoto, Takayuki ^c   Osaka, Yasuhiro ^c   Zhang, Xiao Qing ^c   Abe, Tatsuya ^b   Hosokawa, Masao ^b   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Keiyukai Sapporo Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gated radiotherapy; Organ movement; Pancreas cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4644330100     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.4.584     Document Type: Article

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