Comparative study of four advanced 3d-conformal radiation therapy treatment planning techniques for head and neck cancer

Comparative study of four advanced 3d-conformal radiation therapy treatment planning techniques for head and neck cancer

For the head-and-neck cancer bilateral irradiation, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is the most reported technique as it enables both target dose coverage and organ-at-risk (OAR) sparing. However, during the last 20 years, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) techniques have...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Yassine Herrassi, Farida Bentayeb, Maria Rosa Malisan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
Subjects:
Head and neck
3DCRT techniques
dosimetric comparison
Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2013;volume=38;issue=2;spage=98;epage=105;aulast=Herrassi

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