A radiobiological analysis of multicenter data for postoperative keloid radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1164-1170

  Flickinger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Keloid; Linear quadratic; Radiobiology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BEST STRATEGY; BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; CALCULATED VALUES; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE; KELOID; LINEAR QUADRATIC; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEDIAN RADIATION; MEV-ELECTRONS; ODDS RATIOS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REPOPULATION; TOTAL DOSE;

BIOPHYSICS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EAR DISEASES; EAR, EXTERNAL; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; KELOID; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79951960624     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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