Evaluation of three different CT simulation and planning procedures for the preoperative irradiation of operable rectal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-356

  Borger, Jacques H ^a   van den Bogaard, Jørgen ^a   de Haas, Daniëlle F M ^a   Braeken, Anna P B M ^a   Murrer, Lars H P ^a   Houben, Ruud M A ^a   Lammering, Guido ^a  

^a MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT planning; CT simulation; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46549086199     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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