Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical tomotherapy to reduce contralateral parotid dose in head and neck cancer
BACKGROUND:To evaluate the feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy based on helical Tomotherapy to spare the contralateral parotid gland in head and neck cancer patients with unilateral or no neck node metastases.METHODS:A retrospective review of 52 patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and nec...
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BioMed Central
2012
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Online Access: | Nguyen et al. BMC Cancer 2012, 12:175 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/175 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610349 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610349 |