Can protons improve SBRT for lung lesions? Dosimetric considerations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-375

  Georg, Dietmar ^a   Hillbrand, Martin ^a   Stock, Markus ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Proton beam therapy; Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049123801     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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