Comparison of 2 common radiation therapy techniques for definitive treatment of small cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-147

  Shirvani, Shervin M ^a   Juloori, Aditya ^a   Allen, Pamela K ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Gomez, Daniel ^a   O'Reilly, Michael ^a   Welsh, James ^a   Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIMITED-STAGE SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCERS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; RADIATION DELIVERY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

3 DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881324647     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.040     Document Type: Article

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