The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology Scope of Practice Guidelines for Lung, Liver and Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Sahgal, A ^a,b   Roberge, D ^c   Schellenberg, D ^d   Purdie, T G ^a   Swaminath, A ^e   Pantarotto, J ^f   Filion, E ^c   Gabos, Z ^g   Butler, J ^h   Letourneau, D ^a   Masucci, G L ^c   Mulroy, L ⁱ   Bezjak, A ^a   Dawson, L A ^a   Parliament, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver tumours; Lung tumours; Practice guidelines; Spine metastases; Stereotactic body radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SPINAL CORD; SPINE STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SPINE TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CANADA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866870504     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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