Utility of daily image guidance with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for tumors of the base of skull

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 763-770

  Chen, Allen M ^a   Cheng, Suzan ^a   Farwell, D Gregory ^b   Luu, Quang ^b   Donald, Paul J ^b   Boggan, James ^b   Franklin, Stephen ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck cancer; image guided radiotherapy; intensity modulated radiotherapy; on board imaging; skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84861308190     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21805     Document Type: Article

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