Whole Brain Radiotherapy With Hippocampal Avoidance and Simultaneous Integrated Boost for 1-3 Brain Metastases: A Feasibility Study Using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1480-1485

  Hsu, Fred ^a   Carolan, Hannah ^a   Nichol, Alan ^a   Cao, Fred ^a   Nuraney, Nimet ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Gete, Ermias ^a   Wong, Frances ^a   Schmuland, Moira ^a   Heran, Manraj ^b   Otto, Karl ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Hippocampus; Simultaneous integrated boost; Volumetric modulated arc therapy; Whole brain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOMOGENEITY INDEX; MEAN DOSE; MEAN VALUES; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOSTS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TARGET COVERAGE; TARGET VOLUMES; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAIN; CAVITY RESONATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS;

PATHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; VOLUMETRY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EYE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77949549623     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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