Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical tomotherapy to reduce contralateral parotid dose in head and neck cancer

Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical tomotherapy to reduce contralateral parotid dose in head and neck cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To evaluate the feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical Tomotherapy to spare the contralateral parotid gland in head and neck cancer patients with unilateral or no neck node metastases.</p> <p>Methods<...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Nam P, Vos Paul, Vinh-Hung Vincent, Ceizyk Misty, Smith-Raymond Lexie, Stevie Michelle, Slane Benjamin, Chi Alexander, Desai Anand, Krafft Shane P, Jang Siyoung, Hamilton Russ, Karlsson Ulf, Abraham Dave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Head and neck cancer
Tomotherapy
Parotid sparing
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/175

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