Planning and delivery of whole brain radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost to brain metastases and synchronous limited-field thoracic radiotherapy using helical tomoTherapy: A preliminary experience

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Gupta, T ^a   Basu, A ^a   Master, Z ^a   Jalali, R ^a   Munshi, A ^a   Sarin, R ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Helical tomotherapy; Simultaneous integrated boost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60849131879     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460900800103     Document Type: Article

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