The risk of developing a second cancer after receiving craniospinal proton irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2277-2291

  Newhauser, Wayne D ^a,b   Fontenot, Jonas D ^a,b   Mahajan, Anita ^a   Kornguth, David ^a   Stovall, Marilyn ^a   Zheng, Yuanshui ^c   Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a,b   Mohan, Radhe ^a,b   Cox, James D ^a   Woo, Shiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPIES; NEUTRON EXPOSURES; PROTON RADIOTHERAPIES; PROTON THERAPIES; PROTON TREATMENTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRAY RADIATIONS; TREATMENT PLANS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTON IRRADIATION; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK PERCEPTION; STRAY LIGHT;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SECOND CANCER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MAGNETICS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RISK; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKULL; SPINE;

EID: 64549125109     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/002     Document Type: Article

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