Assessment of early toxicity and response in patients treated with proton and carbon ion therapy at the Heidelberg ion therapy center using the raster scanning technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rieken, Stefan ^a   Habermehl, Daniel ^a   Nikoghosyan, Anna ^a   Jensen, Alexandra ^a   Haberer, Thomas ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,b   Münter, Marc W ^a   Welzel, Thomas ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Combs, Stephanie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam scanning; Carbon ion radiotherapy; Proton therapy; Raster scanning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BEAMS; ACUTE TOXICITY; BEAM SCANNING; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CARBON ION THERAPY; CARBON IONS; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; HEIDELBERG; HIGH-GRADE GLIOMAS; ION THERAPY; MUCOSITIS; PARTICLE THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; RADIOLOGIC RESPONSE; RASTER SCANNING; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ERYTHEMA; SKULL BASE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON; IONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; PROTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; TUMORS;

TOXICITY;

CARBON; PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY CONTROLLED RASTER SCANNING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855149979     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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