Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea treated with PET-CT based intensity modulated radiotherapy

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 793-795

  Haresh, Kunhi Parambath ^a   Prabhakar, Ramachandran ^a   Rath, Goura K ^a   Sharma, Daya Nand ^a   Julka, Pramod K ^a   Subramani, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; IMRT; PET CT; Tracheal tumors

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; THORAX; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; WHEEZING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TRACHEA TUMOR;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50349084802     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9245     Document Type: Article

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