Target volume delineation in oropharyngeal cancer: Impact of PET, MRI, and physical examination

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-227

  Thiagarajan, Anuradha ^a   Caria, Nicola ^a   Schöder, Heiko ^a   Iyer, N Gopalakrishna ^a   Wolden, Suzanne ^a   Wong, Richard J ^a   Sherman, Eric ^a   Fury, Matthew G ^a   Lee, Nancy ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Contouring; GTV delineation; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONCORDANCE INDEX; CONTOURING; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; GTV DELINEATION; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER; PRE-TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84859822883     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.060     Document Type: Article

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