Proton therapy for spinal ependymomas: Planning, acute toxicities, and preliminary outcomes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1419-1424

  Amsbaugh, Mark J ^a   Grosshans, David R ^a   McAleer, Mary Frances ^a   Zhu, Ron ^a   Wages, Cody ^a   Crawford, Cody N ^a   Palmer, Matthew ^a   De Gracia, Beth ^a   Woo, Shiao ^a   Mahajan, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Pediatric; Proton; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADVERSE EFFECT; ADVERSE EVENTS; ANDERSONS; BEAM IRRADIATION; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; CONTROL RATES; EPENDYMOMA; GRAY EQUIVALENT; LOCAL CONTROL; NORMAL TISSUE; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; SURGICAL RESECTION; TOXICITY DATA; VERTEBRAL BODY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COBALT; DOSIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

TOXICITY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; ERYTHEMA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE EPENDYMOMA; SPINE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84863619778     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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