The Effect of Significant Tumor Reduction on the Dose Distribution in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head-And-Neck Cancer: A Case Study

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Mechalakos, James ^a   Lee, Nancy ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^a,b   Amols, Howard I ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck; IGRT; IMRT; planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 67651222421     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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