Comparative dosimetry of volumetric modulated arc therapy and limited-angle static intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage larynx cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-69

  Riegel, Adam C ^a   Antone, Jeffrey ^a   Schwartz, David L ^a,b  

^a North Shore LIJ Health System   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Dosimetry; Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Larynx; Squamous cell carcinoma; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873151124     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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