Dose Sparing of Brainstem and Spinal Cord for Re-Irradiating Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Chen, Chin Cheng ^a   Lee, Chen Chiao ^a   Mah, Dennis ^a   Sharma, Rajiv ^a   Landau, Evan ^a   Garg, Madhur ^a   Wu, Andrew ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose sparing; IMRT; Recurrent head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECURRENT CANCER; RETREATMENT; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551600372     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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