Adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer reduces the requirement for rescans during treatment due to spinal cord dose

Adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer reduces the requirement for rescans during treatment due to spinal cord dose

Abstract Background Patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck (H&N) cancer often experience anatomical changes. The potential compromises to Planning Target Volume (PTV) coverage or Organ at Risk (OAR) sparing has prompted the use of adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for these patients. How...

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Main Authors: Louise Belshaw, Christina E. Agnew, Denise M. Irvine, Keith P. Rooney, Conor K. McGarry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Adaptive radiotherapy
Radiotherapy
Head and neck
Deformable image registration
Spinal cord
Radiation dose
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1400-3

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