Dosimetric comparison of combined intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and proton therapy versus IMRT alone for pelvic and para-aortic radiotherapy in gynecologic malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Milby, Abigail Berman ^a   Both, Stefan ^a   Ingram, Mark ^a   Lin, Lilie L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Dosimetry; Gynecologic; IMRT; Pelvis; Proton

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; CERVICAL CANCERS; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC; GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LARGE BOWEL; LYMPH NODE; NODAL REGION; ORGANS AT RISKS; PELVIC NODES; PELVIS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; T-TESTS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PASSIVE SCATTERING PROTON THERAPY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; ORGANS AT RISK; PELVIS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856365688     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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