Dosimetric analysis and comparison of reduced longitudinal cranial margins of VMAT-IMRT of rectal cancer

Dosimetric analysis and comparison of reduced longitudinal cranial margins of VMAT-IMRT of rectal cancer

Abstract Background The cranial border of the target volume (TV) in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) is mostly defined at the level of L5/S1. However, current studies have shown that relapse cranially of the target volume after neoadjuvant nCRT and surgery is ver...

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Main Authors: Hendrik Dapper, Markus Oechsner, Stefan Münch, Kai Borm, Jan Peeken, Michael Mayinger, Stephanie E. Combs, Daniel Habermehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Rectal cancer
Reduced cranial margins
Dosimetric quantification
IMRT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1120-0

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