A practical approach to assess clinical planning tradeoffs in the design of individualized IMRT treatment plans

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-566

  Monshouwer, René ^a   Hoffmann, Aswin L ^a   Kunze Busch, Martina ^a   Bussink, Johan ^a   Kaanders, Johannes H A M ^a   Huizenga, Henk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; IMRT; Inverse treatment planning; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 78651476563     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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