An Observational Dosimetric Study in Definitively Treated Primary Head and Neck Cancers: To Assess the Effect of Weight Loss and Change in Lateral Neck Dimensions on the Difference Between Dose Planned and Received by the Parotid(s) and Correlation with Adaptive Radiation Therapy
Purpose: The head and neck cancer (HNC) literature is rife with reports of differences in planned versus actual radiation doses to the parotid gland (PG) due to changes in anatomy during the course of radiation therapy. We prospectively studied and quantified changes in planned and delivered doses d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Advances in Radiation Oncology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109424000095 |