Dose distribution of intensity-modulated proton therapy with and without a multi-leaf collimator for the treatment of maxillary sinus cancer: a comparative effectiveness study

Dose distribution of intensity-modulated proton therapy with and without a multi-leaf collimator for the treatment of maxillary sinus cancer: a comparative effectiveness study

Abstract Background Severe complications, such as eye damage and dysfunciton of salivary glands, have been reported after radiotherapy among patients with head and neck cancer. Complications such as visual impairment have also been reported after proton therapy with pencil beam scanning (PBS). In th...

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Main Authors: Soichi Sugiyama, Kuniaki Katsui, Yuki Tominaga, Takahiro Waki, Norihisa Katayama, Hidenobu Matsuzaki, Shin Kariya, Masahiro Kuroda, Kazunori Nishizaki, Susumu Kanazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Multi-leaf collimator
Chemoradiotherapy
Intensity-modulated proton therapy
Pencil beam scanning
Maxillary sinus cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1405-y

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