Permanent alopecia after cranial irradiation: Dose-response relationship

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 879-887

  Lawenda, Brian D ^a   Gagne, Havaleh M ^a   Gierga, David P ^a   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Wong, Winnifred M ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a   Hochberg, Fred H ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Cranial irradiation; Dose response; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE; FOLLICLE DOSE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; ONYX 015; PROCARBAZINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALOPECIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4744373171     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.031     Document Type: Article

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