RapidArc planning and delivery in patients with locally advanced head-and-neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-435

  Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a   Bieker, Michael ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Head and neck cancer; Locally advanced disease; RapidArc; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; LOCALLY ADVANCED DISEASE; RAPIDARC; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SICKNESS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 78650801541     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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