International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1013-1017 , 15 March 2006

Radiotherapy for solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma in the head-and-neck region: A dose greater than 45 Gy to the target volume improves the local control

Presented as a Poster Presentation at the Forty-Seventh Annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, October 16–20, 2005, Denver CO.

  • Laetitia Tournier-Rangeard, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Laetitia Tournier-Rangeard, M.D., Département de Radiothérapie, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Avenue de Bourgogne, 54 511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France. Tel: (+33) 3-8359-8427; Fax: (+33) 3-8359-8391
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  • Michel Lapeyre, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont Ferrand, France
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  • Pierre Graff-Caillaud, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Alice Mege, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Gilles Dolivet, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Toussaint, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Nancy, France
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  • Claire Charra-Brunaud, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
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  • Sylvette Hoffstetter, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
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  • Christian Marchal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
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  • Didier Peiffert, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France

Received 28 June 2005 ,Revised 26 August 2005 ,Accepted 7 September 2005.

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PII: S0360-3016(05)02709-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.019

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1013-1017 , 15 March 2006

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