International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 989-997 , 1 February 2012

IMRT for Image-Guided Single Vocal Cord Irradiation

Presented, in part, as a poster at the 10th Biennial European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2009.

Received 29 April 2010 ,Revised 7 December 2010 ,Accepted 8 December 2010.

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 Funded in part by Elekta Oncology Systems.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(10)03724-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.022

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 989-997 , 1 February 2012

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