Helical tomotherapy for brain metastases: Dosimetric evaluation of treatment plans and early clinical result

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-424

  Tomita, Natsuo ^a   Kodaira, Takeshi ^a   Tachibana, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuya ^a   Nakahara, Rie ^a   Inokuchi, Haruo ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Helical tomotherapy; Stereotactic radiation therapy; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NAUSEA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 57749196741     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700602     Document Type: Article

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