Dosimetric Comparison of 6 MV and 15 MV Single Arc Rapidarc to Helical TomoTherapy for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-320

  Cai, Jing ^a,b   Yue, Jinbo ^a,c   McLawhorn, Robert ^b   Yang, Wensha ^b   Wijesooriya, Krishni ^b   Dunlap, Neal E ^b   Sheng, Ke ^b   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Benedict, Stanley H ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; RapidArc; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; STOMACH; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79960929367     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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