IMRT treatment of anal cancer with a scrotal shield

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-435

  Hood, Rodney C ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a   McMahon, Ryan ^a   Czito, Brian ^a   Willett, Christopher ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; IMRT; Scrotal shields

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SCROTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCROTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868208837     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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