The dosimetric consequences of anatomic changes in head and neck radiotherapy patients

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-504

  Height, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Khoo, Vincent ^a,d   Lawford, Catherine ^a   Cox, Jennifer ^c   Joon, Daryl Lim ^a   Rolfo, Aldo ^b   Wada, Morikatsu ^a  

^a Austin Health   (United States)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dosimetric verification; geometric changes; head and neck; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78349295320     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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