Dosimetric comparison of intensity-modulated radiosurgery and helical tomotherapy for the treatment of multiple intracranial metastases

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-367

  VanderSpek, Lauren ^a   Bauman, Glenn ^a   Wang, Jia Zhu ^b   Yartsev, Slav ^a   Ménard, Cynthia ^c   Cho, Young Bin ^c   Mundt, Arno J ^b   Lawson, Joshua D ^b   Murphy, Kevin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Intracranial metastases; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; OPTIC NERVE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349333658     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460900800506     Document Type: Article

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