Volumetric Modulation Arc Radiotherapy Compared With Static Gantry Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumor: A Feasibility Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 942-949

  Scorsetti, Marta ^a   Bignardi, Mario ^a   Clivio, Alessandro ^b   Cozzi, Luca ^b   Fogliata, Antonella ^b   Lattuada, Paola ^a   Mancosu, Pietro ^a   Navarria, Piera ^a   Nicolini, Giorgia ^b   Urso, Gaetano ^a   Vanetti, Eugenio ^b   Vigorito, Sabrina ^a   Santoro, Armando ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; mesothelioma; RapidArc

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; CONFORMITY INDEX; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE PRESCRIPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIELD INTENSITY; FIXED BEAM; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; ISOCENTERS; MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMAS; MONITOR UNITS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PERCENTAGE OF VOLUME; PHOTON BEAMS; PLANNING OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PRE-TREATMENT; TARGET COVERAGE; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT TIME;

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS; TUMORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MESOTHELIOMA; PHOTONS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN;

EID: 77952584453     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.053     Document Type: Article

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