Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Versus Helical Tomotherapy in Nasopharynx Cancer: Planning Comparison and NTCP Evaluation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 589-596

  Widesott, Lamberto ^a   Pierelli, Alessio ^b   Fiorino, Claudio ^b   Dell'Oca, Italo ^b   Broggi, Sara ^b   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^b   Di Muzio, Nadia ^b   Fazio, Ferruccio ^b,c   Calandrino, Riccardo ^b   Schwarz, Marco ^a  

^a ATreP Provincial Agency for Proton Therapy   (Italy)

^b HS Raffaele ^*  (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck; IMPT; Intensity modulated proton therapy; Proton therapy; Simultaneous integrated boost; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROTON BEAMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION; TARGETS;

HEAD AND NECK; IMPT; INTENSITY-MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST; TOMOTHERAPY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 51449090189     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.065     Document Type: Article

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