A comparative study of planning and dosimetry in locally advanced head-and-neck cancer: sequential versus simultaneous integrated boost methods in intensity-modulated radiotherapy

A comparative study of planning and dosimetry in locally advanced head-and-neck cancer: sequential versus simultaneous integrated boost methods in intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Objective: A head-and-neck cancer (HNC) comprises one-third load of India's cancer burden. We aim to compare the target coverage and the normal tissue sparing between sequential intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and simultaneously integrated boost (SIB)-IMRT plan for patients of locally a...

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Main Authors: Amrita Rakesh, Jaishree Goyal, Sweta Soni, Abhilasha, Kartick Rastogi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research
Subjects:
head-and-neck cancer
intensity-modulated radiotherapy
planning target volume 1
planning target volume 2
simultaneously integrated boost
squamous cell carcinoma
Online Access:http://www.journalrcr.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9273;year=2022;volume=13;issue=2;spage=41;epage=47;aulast=Rakesh

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