Helical tomotherapy as a means off delivering scalp-sparing whole brain radiation therapy [1]

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 661-662

  Welsh, James S ^a,c   Mehta, Mimesh P ^a   Mackie, Thomas R ^a,b   Orton, Nigel ^a   Jaradat, Mazim ^a   Khuntia, Oeepak ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c UW Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SCALP SPARING WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30544451852     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460500400610     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Roberge, D., Parker, W., Niazi, T. M., Oliveres, M. Treating the Contents and Not the Container: Dosimetric Study of Hair-sparing Whole Brain Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 4, 567-570 (2005).
2. Welsh, J. S., Patel, R. R., Ritter, M. A., Harari, P., Mackie, T. R., Mehta, M. P. Helical Tomotherapy: An Innovative Technology and Approach to Radiation Therapy. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 1, 55-63 (2002).
3. Orton, N., Jaradat, H., Welsh, S.S., Tome, W. Whole Scalp Irradiation Using Helical Tomotherapy. Medical Dosimetry 30, 162-168 (2005).
4. Welsh, J. S., Olivera, G., Mackie, T. R. Novel Clinical Applications of IMRT. Medical Physics. 2003. In: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: The State of the Art. Eds., Mackie, T. R. and Palta, J. R. Medical Physics Publishing (2003).
5. Welsh, J., Olivera, G., Hui, S., Henderson, D., Forouzannia, A., Tome, W., Kapatoes, J., Ruchala, K., Lu, W., Reckwerdt, P., Ritter, M., Mackie, T. R. Helical Tomotherapy with Conformai Avoidance Appears Superior to 3-D DRT and IMRT for Treatment of Complex Tumor Volumes. Radiology 225, 360 (2002).
6. Fowler, J. F., Welsh, J. S., Howard, S. P, Loss of Biological Effect in Prolonged Fraction Delivery. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 59, 242-249 (2004).
7. Tome, W., Welsh, J. S., Fowler, J. F. The Effect of Fraction Time in Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy: Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of an Optimization Problem (The Real Conclusions). Radiotherapy and Oncology 72, 113-114 (2004).