Setup variations in radiotherapy of anal cancer: Advantages of target volume reduction using image-guided radiation treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 289-295

  Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Suh, Steve ^a   Nelson, Rebecca A ^a   Liu, An ^a   Pezner, Richard D ^a   Wong, Jeffrey Y C ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Image guided radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Setup variation

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANCER; ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CHEMORADIATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HEMATOLOGIC TOXICITY; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE; PELVIC BONE; PLANNING CT; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SETUP VARIATION; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARD DEVIATION; TARGET VOLUMES;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM FISTULA; TOMOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865696639     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.068     Document Type: Article

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