Volumetric modulated arc therapy vs. IMRT for the treatment of distal esophageal cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-409

  Benthuysen, Liam Van ^a   Hales, Lee ^a   Podgorsak, Matthew B ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; IMRT; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN AT RISK SPARING; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD; STOMACH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; VOLUMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052960448     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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