American college of radiology (ACR) and american society for radiation oncology (ASTRO) practice guideline for the performance of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-315

  Seung, Steven K ^a   Larson, David A ^b   Galvin, James M ^c   Mehta, Minesh P ^d   Potters, Louis ^e   Schultz, Christopher J ^f   Yajnik, Santosh V ^g   Hartford, Alan C ^h   Rosenthal, Seth A ⁱ  

^a Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e North Shore LIJ Health System ^*  (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g Radiation Oncology Consultants Ltd   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

practice guidelines; quality assurance; radiation oncology; safety; stereotactic radiation therapy; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGEON; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84878838107     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31826e053d     Document Type: Review

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