Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) contouring atlas and planning guidelines for intensity-modulated radiotherapy in anal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1455-1462

  Ng, Michael ^a   Leong, Trevor ^b,f   Chander, Sarat ^b   Chu, Julie ^b   Kneebone, Andrew ^c,g   Carroll, Susan ^d,g   Wiltshire, Kirsty ^b   Ngan, Samuel ^b,f   Kachnic, Lisa ^e  

^a Radiation Oncology Victoria   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Atlas; Chemoradiation; Guidelines; IMRT

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANCER; ATLAS; CHEMORADIATION; GUIDELINES; IMRT;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL ILIAC LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERNAL ILIAC LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84863612085     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.058     Document Type: Article

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