International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1055-1059 , 15 March 2006

Dose to the intracranial arteries in stereotactic and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for skull base tumors

  • Carsten Nieder, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Carsten Nieder, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, T.U. Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany. Tel: (+49) 89-4140-4501; Fax: (+49) 89-4140-4300
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  • Anca L. Grosu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Sybille Stark, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Nicole Wiedenmann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Raymonde Busch, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Peter Kneschaurek, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Michael Molls, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Received 20 July 2005 ,Revised 14 September 2005 ,Accepted 14 September 2005.

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 Supported by the Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection.

PII: S0360-3016(05)02606-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.015

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1055-1059 , 15 March 2006

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