An investigation of intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus conventional two-dimensional and 3D-conformal radiation therapy for early stage larynx cancer

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gomez, Daniel ^a   Cahlon, Oren ^a   Mechalakos, James ^a   Lee, Nancy ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CARTILAGE; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRA BODY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; LARYNX TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77955941440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-5-74     Document Type: Article

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