CT-based delineation of organs at risk in the head and neck region: DAHANCA, EORTC, GORTEC, HKNPCSG, NCIC CTG, NCRI, NRG Oncology and TROG consensus guidelines

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-90

  Brouwer, Charlotte L ^a   Steenbakkers, Roel J H M ^a   Bourhis, Jean ^b   Budach, Wilfried ^c   Grau, Cai ^d   Grégoire, Vincent ^e   Van Herk, Marcel ^f   Lee, Anne ^g   Maingon, Philippe ^h   Nutting, Chris ⁱ   O'Sullivan, Brian ^j   Porceddu, Sandro V ^k   Rosenthal, David I ^l   Sijtsema, Nanna M ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^h CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

ⁱ ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Consensus delineation guidelines; Head and neck; Interobserver variability; Organs at risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CHEEK MUCOSA; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LACRIMAL GLAND; LARYNX; LIP; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; ORGANS AT RISK; PAROTID GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THYROID GLAND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84946483725     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.07.041     Document Type: Article

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