International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 355-362 , 1 February 2006

Repeat CT imaging and replanning during the course of IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

The paper was presented orally at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, GA, October 4, 2004.

  • Eric K. Hansen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • M. Kara Bucci, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jeanne M. Quivey, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Vivian Weinberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics Core, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Ping Xia, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Ping Xia, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H-1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708. Tel: (415) 353-7175; Fax: (415) 353-9883

Received 19 October 2004 ,Revised 1 July 2005 ,Accepted 6 July 2005.

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PII: S0360-3016(05)02144-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.07.957

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 355-362 , 1 February 2006

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