Comparison of Traditional and Simultaneous IMRT Boost Technique Basing on Therapeutic Gain Calculation

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Slosarek, Krzysztof ^a   Zajusz, Aleksander ^a   Szlag, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Normal tissue complication probability (NTCP); Simultaneous boost (SIB); Therapeutic gain (TG); Tumor control probability (TCP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 54349111831     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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