Two-year clinical experience with tomotherapy: The french national cancer institute project on implementing new technology

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 557-563

  Giraud, Philippe ^a,b   Kantor, Guy ^c   Yassa, Michael ^a,d   Zefkili, Sofia ^b   Dejean, Catherine ^c   Lisbona, Albert ^e   Campana, François ^b   Mahé, Marc André ^e  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE RENÉ GAUDUCHEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Tomotherapy; Toxicity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FRANCE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THORAX TUMOR; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052693692     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2011.606250     Document Type: Article

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