Dosimetric evaluation of a three-phase adaptive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma using helical tomotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Fung, Winky Wing Ki ^a   Wu, Vincent Wing Cheung ^b   Teo, Peter Man Lung ^c  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Central Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy Replanning; Helical tomotherapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856773023     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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