 Radiotherapy, Conformal
"Radiotherapy, Conformal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Radiotherapy where there is improved dose homogeneity within the tumor and reduced dosage to uninvolved structures. The precise shaping of dose distribution is achieved via the use of computer-controlled multileaf collimators.
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D020266
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.635.700 L01.313.500.750.100.710.600.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Radiotherapy, Conformal- Radiotherapy, Conformal
- Conformal Radiotherapies
- Radiotherapies, Conformal
- Conformal Radiotherapy
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Saad A, Goldstein J, Lawrence YR, Spieler B, Leibowitz-Amit R, Berger R, Davidson T, Urban D, Tsang L, Alezra D, Weiss I, Symon Z. Classifying high-risk versus very high-risk prostate cancer: is it relevant to outcomes of conformal radiotherapy and androgen deprivation? Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jan 06; 12(1):5.
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Metellus P, Kapoor S, Kharkar S, Batra S, Jackson JF, Kleinberg L, Miller NR, Rigamonti D. Fractionated conformal radiotherapy for management of optic nerve sheath meningiomas: long-term outcomes of tumor control and visual function at a single institution. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 May 01; 80(1):185-92.
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