Malignant salivary gland tumours: Can fast neutron therapy results point the way to carbon ion therapy?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 262-268

  Stannard, Clare ^a   Vernimmen, Frederik ^b   Carrara, Henri ^c   Jones, Dan ^d   Fredericks, Shaheeda ^d   Hille, Jos ^e   De Kock, Evan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon ions; Head and neck cancer; High LET radiation therapy; Neutron therapy; Salivary gland tumours

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; DISTANT METASTASIS; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARBON IONS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH LET RADIATION THERAPY; NEUTRON THERAPY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOURS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FAST NEUTRONS; FEMALE; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84889562187     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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