Comparison of whole-field simultaneous integrated boost VMAT and IMRT in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 418-423

  Jin, Xiance ^a   Yi, Jinling ^a   Zhou, Yongqiang ^a   Yan, Huawei ^a   Han, Ce ^a   Xie, Congying ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IMRT; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Simultaneous integrated boost; VMAT; Whole field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITOR UNIT; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; ORGANS AT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TARGET COVERAGE; TARGET VARIABLE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE FIELD SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; WHOLE FIELD SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

IMRT; NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST; VMAT; WHOLE FIELD;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84887071904     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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