Regional cumulative maximum dose to the spinal cord in head-and-neck cancer: Considerations for re-irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-100

  Stoiber, Eva M ^a,b   Schwarz, Michael ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^b   Huber, Peter E ^a,b   Bendl, Rolf ^a,c   Giske, Kristina ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulative dose; IGRT; IMRT; Re irradiation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKFLOW;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874656169     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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