Integral Dose in Three-dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy, Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 706-712

  Yang, R ^a   Xu, S ^b   Jiang, W ^a   Xie, C ^b   Wang, J ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; integral dose; intensity modulated radiation therapy; three dimensional conformal therapy; whole pelvic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; SIMULATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349411511     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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