Helical tomotherapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies: A preliminary report of feasibility and acute toxicity

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mesbah, Latifa ^a   Matute, Raúl ^a   Usychkin, Sergey ^a   Marrone, Immacolata ^a   Puebla, Fernando ^a   Mínguez, Cristina ^a   García, Rafael ^a   García, Graciela ^a   Beltrán, César ^a   Marsiglia, Hugo ^a,b,c  

^a Grupo IMO Instituto Madrileño de Oncología   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Feasibility; Helical Tomotherapy; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; Pediatric malignancies

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TOXICITY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VOMITING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052028689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-102     Document Type: Article

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