Evaluation of the radiobiological impact of anatomic modifications during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: Can we simply summate the dose?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Orban de Xivry, Jonathan ^a   Castadot, Pierre ^a   Janssens, Guillaume ^a   Lee, John Aldo ^a   Geets, Xavier ^a   Grégoire, Vincent ^a   Macq, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dose accumulation; Equivalent constant dose; Linear quadratic model; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOBIOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77953961035     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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