Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): differences in target volumes and improvement in clinically relevant doses to small bowel in rectal carcinoma

BACKGROUND: A strong dose-volume relationship exists between the amount of small bowel receiving low- to intermediate-doses of radiation and the rates of acute, severe gastrointestinal toxicity, principally diarrhea. There is considerable interest in the application of highly conformal treatment app...

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Autores principales: Mok, Henry, Crane, Christopher H, Palmer, Matthew B, Briere, Tina M, Beddar, Sam, Delclos, Marc E, Krishnan, Sunil, Das, Prajnan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21651775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-6-63

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