Defining the tumour and target volumes for radiotherapy

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Burnet, Neil G ^a   Thomas, Simon J ^b   Burton, Kate E ^b   Jefferies, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; ICRU; Organs at risk; Target volume; Tumour volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849157855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0054     Document Type: Article

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