TomoDirect: An efficient means to deliver radiation at static angles with tomotherapy

Tumori

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 498-502

  Franco, Pierfrancesco ^a   Catuzzo, Paola ^a   Cante, Domenico ^a,c   Porta, Maria Rosa La ^a,c   Sciacero, Piera ^a,c   Girelli, Giuseppe ^a,c   Borca, Valeria Casanova ^a,c   Pasquino, Massimo ^a,c   Numico, Gianmauro ^a   Tofani, Santi ^a,c   Meloni, Teodoro ^a   Ricardi, Umberto ^b   Ozzello, Franca ^a,c  

^a Ospedale Regionale U Parini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Brain metastasis; Breast cancer; TomoDirect; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION INJURY; SPINE METASTASIS; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 80053622081     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700414     Document Type: Article

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