Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 103-108 , April 2010

A comparison of two immobilization systems for stereotactic body radiation therapy of lung tumors

  • Kathy Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Patrick Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, T2-105, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5.
    • ,
  • Parminder S. Basran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency—Vancouver Island Center, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Ian Poon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Latifa Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Fiona Lochray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 7 September 2009 ,Revised 8 January 2010 ,Accepted 31 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.025

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 103-108 , April 2010

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