ICRU reference dose in an era of intensity-modulated radiation therapy clinical trials: Correlation with planning target volume mean dose and suitability for intensity-modulated radiation therapy dose prescription

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-352

  Yaparpalvi, Ravindra ^a   Hong, Linda ^a   Mah, Dennis ^a   Shen, Jin ^a   Mutyala, Subhakar ^a   Spierer, Marnee ^a   Garg, Madhur ^a   Guha, Chandan ^a   Kalnicki, Shalom ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICRU reference point; IMRT; Prescription dose; PTV dose; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN; ANAL CANAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PELVIS; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 56949097737     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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