Comparison of therapeutic dosimetric data from passively scattered proton and photon craniospinal irradiations for medulloblastoma

BACKGROUND: For many decades, the standard of care radiotherapy regimen for medulloblastoma has been photon (megavoltage x-rays) craniospinal irradiation (CSI). The late effects associated with CSI are well-documented in the literature and are in-part attributed to unwanted dose to healthy tissue. R...

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Autores principales: Howell, Rebecca M, Giebeler, Annelise, Koontz-Raisig, Wendi, Mahajan, Anita, Etzel, Carol J, D’Amelio, Anthony M, Homann, Kenneth L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22828073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-116

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