Bowel-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for palliation of large-volume pelvic bone metastases: Rationale, technique and clinical implementation

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 877-880

  Griffioen, Gwendolyn ^a   Dahele, Max ^a   Jeulink, Marloes ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a   Slotman, Ben ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PELVIC BONE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PELVIC GIRDLE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; WORKFLOW;

BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RATIONALIZATION; SARCOMA; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84875925496     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.725943     Document Type: Article

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