Dosimetric comparison of postoperative whole pelvic radiotherapy for endometrial cancer using three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and helical tomotherapy

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-236

  Yang, Ruijie ^a   Xu, Shouping ^b   Jiang, Weijuan ^a   Wang, Junjie ^a   Xie, Chuanbin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; STUDENT T TEST; TOMOTHERAPY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 76649132022     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903410372     Document Type: Article

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