Clinical implications of the tumor volume reduction rate in head-and-neck cancer during definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy for organ preservation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1096-1103

  Yang, Shih Neng ^a   Liao, Chih Ying ^a   Chen, Shang Wen ^a,b,c   Liang, Ji An ^a,b   Tsai, Ming Hsui ^a,b   Hua, Chun Hung ^a   Lin, Fang Jen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Prognostic factor; Radiotherapy; Tumor volume; Volume reduction rate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; HYPOPHARYNGEAL CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LOCAL CONTROL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER; PRE-TREATMENT; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SALVAGE OPERATIONS; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR VOLUMES; VOLUME REDUCTION RATE; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HAZARDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

TUMORS;

CISPLATIN;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79951956847     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.055     Document Type: Article

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