Red Shell: Defining a High-Risk Zone of Normal Tissue Damage in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 903-909

  Yang, Jun ^a   Fowler, Jack F ^b   Lamond, John P ^a   Lanciano, Rachelle ^a   Feng, Jing ^a   Brady, Luther W ^a  

^a Philadelphia Cyberknife   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal tissue toxicity; Red shell; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE LEVELS; HIGH DOSE; HIGH-RISK ZONES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; NORMAL TISSUE DAMAGE; NORMAL-TISSUE TOXICITY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RISK LEVELS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TISSUE TOLERANCE; TOLERANCE LEVELS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TOXICITY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 77952585293     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.069     Document Type: Article

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