Treatment of lung cancer using volumetric modulated arc therapy and image guidance: A case study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1438-1443

  Bedford, James L ^a   Nordmark Hansen, Vibeke ^a   Mcnair, Helen A ^a   Aitken, Alexandra H ^a   Brock, Juliet E C ^a   Warrington, Alan P ^a   Brada, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 51049087485     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802282778     Document Type: Article

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