Heavy ion radiotherapy during pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2329.e5-2329.e7

  Münter, Marc W ^a   Wengenroth, Marc ^b   Fehrenbacher, Georg ^b   Schardt, Dieter ^b   Nikoghosyan, Anna ^a   Durante, Marco ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

heavy ions; in utero exposure; neutrons; pregnancy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SKULL BASE CHORDOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 78049306501     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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