Why and how to spare the hippocampus during brain radiotherapy: The developing role of hippocampal avoidance in cranial radiotherapy

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kazda, Tomas ^a,b   Jancalek, Radim ^b   Pospisil, Petr ^a   Sevela, Ondrej ^a   Prochazka, Tomas ^a   Vrzal, Miroslav ^a   Burkon, Petr ^a   Slavik, Marek ^a   Hynkova, Ludmila ^a   Slampa, Pavel ^a   Laack, Nadia N ^c  

^a MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain radiotherapy; Feasibility study; Hippocampal avoiding radiotherapy; Hippocampal sparing; Hippocampus; Planning study

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIMARY TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKULL IRRADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84903433004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-9-139     Document Type: Review

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