Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8244213 International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 2006 8 Pages PDF
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Conclusions: In this cohort of esophageal cancer patients, several dosimetric parameters including mean lung dose, effective dose, and absolute volume of lung receiving <5 Gy provided similar descriptions of the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications as a function of the radiation dose distribution in the lung.
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Dose-volume modeling of the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications among esophageal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery
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