Clinical application of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 407-414

  Ballivy, Olivier ^a   Galiana Santamaría, Ramón ^a   Lozano Borbalas, Alicia ^a   Guedea Edo, Ferrán ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Parotid sparing; Reirradiation; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 53749104092     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0224-7     Document Type: Review

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