Proton versus photon deep inspiration breath hold technique in patients with hodgkin lymphoma and mediastinal radiation

Proton versus photon deep inspiration breath hold technique in patients with hodgkin lymphoma and mediastinal radiation

Abstract Background The benefits of proton therapy in the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) are controversially discussed. Therefore we compared intensitiy modulated proton therapy (IMPT) with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), in the form of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VM...

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Main Authors: Christian Baues, Simone Marnitz, Andreas Engert, Wolfgang Baus, Karolina Jablonska, Antonella Fogliata, Andrés Vásquez-Torres, Marta Scorsetti, Luca Cozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Hodgkin lymphoma
Proton beam therapy
Range uncertainties
VMAT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1066-2

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