Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer—Can an Old Goal Evolve into a New Standard?

Current head and neck intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques cause significant toxicity. This may be explained in part by the fact that IMRT cannot compensate for changes in the location of disease and normal anatomy during treatment, leading to exposure of at-risk bystander tissues to h...

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Main Authors: David L. Schwartz, Lei Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/690595