Spinal Cord Tolerance for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 548-553

  Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Ma, Lijun ^b   Gibbs, Iris ^c   Gerszten, Peter C ^f   Ryu, Sam ^d   Soltys, Scott ^c   Weinberg, Vivian ^e   Wong, Shun ⁱ   Chang, Eric ^g   Fowler, Jack ^h   Larson, David A ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biologically effective dose; Myelopathy; Radiation tolerance; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; MYELOPATHY; RADIATION TOLERANCES; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RADIATION;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; TRASTUZUMAB; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951878495     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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