Dosimetric evaluation of hippocampus incidental radiation dose in nasopharyngeal cancer patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Background: The incidental radiation exposure to hippocampus during radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal cancers may contribute to short-term toxicity like disequilibrium and lack of inhibition and also to long-term memory loss. Objective: To diametrically evaluate the dose received by hippocampus i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journalrcr.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9273;year=2020;volume=11;issue=4;spage=178;epage=182;aulast=Jacob |