Delineation variation of lung cancer in conformal radiotherapy among radiation oncology residents after an educational course: A prospective study;Variabilité inter-radiothérapeutes de la délinéation tumorale en oncologie thoracique : exemples d'intercomparaison de délinéations et impact de la formation

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Dewas, S ^a,b   Vautravers Dewas, C ^b,c   Blanchard, P ^b   Pointreau, Y ^b,c,d   Denis, F ^e   Lacornerie, T ^a   Gibon, D ^f   Giraud, P ^e,g,h  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^b Centre Antoine Béclère   (France)

^c CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^d CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^e centre Antoine Béclère   (France)

^f Aquilab SAS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Education; Inter observer variability; Lung cancer; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESIDENT;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77949489911     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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