Patterns of failure after proton therapy in medulloblastoma; Linear energy transfer distributions and relative biological effectiveness associations for relapses

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-663

  Sethi, Roshan V ^a   Giantsoudi, Drosoula ^a   Raiford, Michael ^a   Malhi, Imran ^a   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Rapalino, Otto ^a   Caruso, Paul ^a   Yock, Torunn I ^a   Tarbell, Nancy J ^a   Paganetti, Harald ^a   MacDonald, Shannon M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PATTERNS OF FAILURE; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROTON THERAPY; RECURRENCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893842961     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.239     Document Type: Article

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