A dosimetric analysis of 6MV versus 15MV photon energy plans for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of carcinoma of cervix

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Tyagi, Atul ^a,b   Supe, Sanjay S ^c   Sandeep, ^a   Singh, Man P ^b  

^a BLK Superspeciality Hospital   (India)

^b MMH College   (India)

^c KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma cervix; Conformity index; IMRT; Integral dose; Photon energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 77957899495     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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