Preliminary results of SIB-IMRT in head and neck cancers: Report from a regional cancer center in northern India

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-172

  Chakraborty, Santam ^a   Ghoshal, Sushmita ^a   Patil, Vijay M ^a   Oinam, Arun S ^a   Sharma, Suresh C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dose painting IMRT; Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Parotid; Salivary sparing; Simultaneous integrated boost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PLASTER CAST; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SALIVARY GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; XEROSTOMIA;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350306605     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.57121     Document Type: Article

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