Multifield optimization intensity modulated proton therapy for head and neck tumors: A translation to practice

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 846-853

  Frank, Steven J ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Gillin, Michael ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Gunn, G Brandon ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a   Kies, Merrill S ^a   Lewin, Jan S ^a   Munsell, Mark F ^a   Palmer, Matthew B ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; PROTON BEAMS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMATA; CHEMORADIATION THERAPIES; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL; PROTON;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFIELD OPTIMIZATION INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; SKULL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; STOMATITIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; UNCERTAINTY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84903265674     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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