Improved plan quality with automated radiotherapy planning for whole brain with hippocampus sparing: a comparison to the RTOG 0933 trial

Abstract Background Whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) with hippocampus sparing (HS) has been investigated by the radiation oncology working group (RTOG) 0933 trial for patients with multiple brain metastases. They showed a decrease of adverse neurocognitive effects with HS WBRT compared to WBRT a...

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Main Authors: J. Krayenbuehl, M. Di Martino, M. Guckenberger, N. Andratschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-017-0896-7