A Hybrid IMRT/VMAT Technique for the Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Hybrid IMRT/VMAT technique which combined intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) was developed for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Two-full-arc VMAT (2ARC-VMAT), 9-field IMRT (9F-IMRT), and Hybrid IMRT/VMAT plans for NPC were compared in ter...

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Main Authors: Nan Zhao, Ruijie Yang, Yuliang Jiang, Suqing Tian, Fuxin Guo, Junjie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/940102