Intensity modulated proton therapy for craniospinal irradiation: Organ-at-risk exposure and a low-gradient junctioning technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 637-644

  Stoker, Joshua B ^a,b   Grant, Jonathan ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a   Pidikiti, Rajesh ^a   Mahajan, Anita ^a   Grosshans, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PEDIATRICS; PROTON BEAMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; HETEROGENEITY INDEX; INHOMOGENEITY COEFFICIENT; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PERCENTAGE OF VOLUME; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COMPUTER MODEL; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANS AT RISK; PRESCRIPTION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ETHMOID BONE; KIDNEY; LUNG; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; ETHMOID BONE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUNG; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; ORGANS AT RISK; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SPINAL CORD; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84908007710     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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