RapidArc combined with the active breathing coordinator provides an effective and accurate approach for the radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-268

  Gong, G Z ^a   Yin, Y ^a   Xing, L G ^a   Guo, Y J ^a   Liu, T ^a   Chen, J ^a   Lu, J ^a   Ma, C ^a   Sun, T ^a   Bai, T ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Wang, R ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Active breathing coordinator; Conformal radiotherapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BREATHING COORDINATOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RAPID ARC; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862670986     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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