Volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy for carcinomas of the anal canal: A treatment planning comparison with fixed field IMRT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-124

  Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Franzetti Pellanda, Alessandra ^a   Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a   Wyttenbach, Rolf ^b,c   Cozzi, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anal canal radiation therapy; IMRT; RapidArc; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC RADIOTHERAPY;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 67349195491     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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