Cone Beam Computed Tomography-Derived Adaptive Radiotherapy for Radical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 378-383

  Hawkins, Maria A ^a   Brooks, Corrinne ^a   Hansen, Vibeke N ^a   Aitken, Alexandra ^a   Tait, Diana M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; kV cone beam CT; Normal tissue tolerance; Radical chemoradiation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CONE-BEAM CT; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; NORMAL TISSUE; RADICAL CHEMORADIATION;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER CRIME; ERROR CORRECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPECITABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77951854661     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.045     Document Type: Article

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