International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 1082-1087 , 15 March 2009

Dose-Dependent Effects of Radiation Therapy on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Neurocognitive Dysfunction

  • Carol A. Hahn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Carol A. Hahn, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3085, Durham, NC 27710. Tel: (919) 668-7336; Fax: (919) 668-7345
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  • Su-Min Zhou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Renee Raynor, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Brain Tumor Center at Duke, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Andrea Tisch, R.T.T.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Kim Light, R.T.T., C.M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Timothy Shafman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 21st Century Oncology/Southern New England Regional Cancer Center, Woonsocket, RI
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  • Terence Wong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • John Kirkpatrick, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Timothy Turkington, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Donna Hollis, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Duke Cancer Center Biostatistics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Lawrence B. Marks, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 12 November 2007 ,Revised 21 May 2008 ,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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 Data presented at the CURED II Meeting, May 17, 2007, Rochester, MN.

 Conflict of interest: Varian Medical Systems Award.

PII: S0360-3016(08)02456-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.061

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 1082-1087 , 15 March 2009

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