Clinical Utility of the Modified Segmental Boost Technique for Treatment of the Pelvis and Inguinal Nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1026-1036

  Moran, M S ^a,b   Castrucci, W A ^a   Ahmad, M ^a,b   Song, H ^a   Lund, M W ^b   Mani, S ^a,b   Chamberlain, Daniel ^a   Higgins, S A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b William W Backus Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Inguinal radiation; Modified segmental boost technique; Pelvic intensity modulated radiation therapy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANCER; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLINICAL UTILITY; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; IN-FIELD; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDIAN VALUE; MONITOR UNITS; NORMAL TISSUE; PHANTOM MODELS; RADIATION FIELD; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VOLUMES;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MODIFIED SEGMENTAL BOOST TECHNIQUE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77449100466     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.066     Document Type: Article

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