Phase i trial of simultaneous in-field boost with helical tomotherapy for patients with one to three brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1128-1133

  Rodrigues, George ^a,d   Yartsev, Slav ^a   Yaremko, Brian ^a   Perera, Francisco ^a   Dar, A Rashid ^a   Hammond, Alex ^a   Lock, Michael ^a   Yu, Edward ^a   Ash, Robert ^a   Caudrelier, Jean Michelle ^b   Khuntia, Deepak ^c   Bailey, Laura ^a   Bauman, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Clinical trial; Helical tomotherapy; Phase I; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; PHASE I; RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; SARCOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THYROID CANCER; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79952258470     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.03.047     Document Type: Article

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