The effect of planning algorithms in oesophageal radiotherapy in the context of the SCOPE 1 trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 462-467

  Wills, Lucy ^a   Millin, Anthony ^a   Paterson, Jennifer ^a   Crosby, Tom ^a   Staffurth, John ^b  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Dose calculation algorithms; Oesophageal radiotherapy; QA; SCOPE 1; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70449644870     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.036     Document Type: Article

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