New developments in arc radiation therapy: A review

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 393-399

  Palma, David A ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a   Otto, Karl ^b   Senan, Suresh ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arc therapy; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Tomotherapy; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA REPAIR; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TOMOTHERAPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955095404     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: 15321967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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