Preoperative Helical Tomotherapy and Megavoltage Computed Tomography for Rectal Cancer: Impact on the Irradiated Volume of Small Bowel

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1476-1480

  Engels, Benedikt ^a   De Ridder, Mark ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Sermeus, Alexandra ^a   De Coninck, Peter ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Storme, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL CANCER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 67651087470     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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