Intensity-modulated proton therapy further reduces normal tissue exposure during definitive therapy for locally advanced distal esophageal tumors: A dosimetric study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1336-1342

  Welsh, James ^a   Gomez, Daniel ^a   Palmer, Matthew B ^a   Riley, Beverly A ^a   Mayankkumar, Amin V ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a   Likhacheva, Anna ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Hofstetter, Wayne L ^a   Ajani, Jaffer A ^a   Cox, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose escalation; Dosimetry; Esophagus; IMPT; Intensity modulated proton therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTEROPOSTERIOR; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEFINITIVE THERAPY; DOSE ESCALATION; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; IMPT; INTENSITY-MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN LUNG DOSE; NORMAL TISSUE; NORMAL-TISSUE TOXICITY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROTON THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; HEART; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEART; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; ORGANS AT RISK; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 81855175302     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.2001     Document Type: Article

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