Changes in tumor volume of sacral chordoma after carbon ion radiotherapy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 795-798

  Serizawa, Itsuko ^a   Imai, Reiko ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Kishimoto, Riwa ^a   Kandatsu, Susumu ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a   Tatezaki, Shin Ichiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charged particle therapy; Chordoma; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMORS;

% REDUCTIONS; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CHARGED PARTICLE THERAPY; CHORDOMA; LOCAL RECURRENCE; PARTICLE THERAPY; T2 WEIGHTED; TUMOR VOLUMES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL CHORDOMA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

EID: 70349747292     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31818f0d49     Document Type: Article

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