Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Dose volume constrained optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
... Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) [, ] is an effective radiotherapy technique that attacks cancer without inflicting serious damage to critical normal tissues by deliver- ing ...
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Dosimetric comparison of volumetric-modulated arc therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with cervical cancer: a meta-analysis
... Background: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) are two of the main treatment techniques for cervical ...
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Treatment with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Chemotherapy in Advanced Inoperable Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Toxicity, Survival and Patterns of Failure in Relation to Treatment with High and Low Radiation Dose
... Purpose: To investigate the toxicity, survival and patterns of failure in patients with advanced lung cancer treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and chemotherapy. Me- ...
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The Impact of Variation in Bladder Volume on the Doses of Target and Organ at Risk in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
... Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has become the mainstay of treat- ment for localized prostate cancer. In IMRT, minimizing differences between the conditions used during planning ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer: is it ready for prime time?
... in radiation technology and techniques has the potential to improve treatment outcomes with clinically meaningful long-term ...efficacy. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is ...
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Comparative Study of Dose Distribution Homogeneity between 3D Brachytherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Techniques in Cervix Cancer Tumors
... Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) refers to a radiation therapy technique in which a non-uniform fluence is delivered to the patient from any given position of the ...
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Verification of Dosimetric and Positional Accuracy of Dynamic Tumor Tracking Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
... (DTT) intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), with the Vero4DRT system using a moving phantom (QUASAR respiratory motion platform; QUASAR phantom) and system log ...
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Intensity modulated radiation therapy for breast cancer: current perspectives
... Background: Owing to highly conformed dose distribution, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has the potential to improve treatment results of radiotherapy (RT). Postopera- tive RT is ...
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Dosimetric Comparison between Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) & Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in Mid Lower Oesophageal Carcinoma
... if intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of- fers a better planning target volume (PTV) coverage and/or lower dose to normal thoracic structures in comparison to three dimensional ...
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Dosimetric Study of Coplanar and Non Coplanar Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning for Esophageal Carcinoma
... Radiotherapy is the primary treatment modality for the inoperable or unresectable esophageal carcinoma. The goal of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer is to kill the cancer cell inside the target volume while sparing the ...
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Stereotactic Body radiation therapy for liver tumors with or without rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy
... body radiation therapy; IGRT: Image guided radiation therapy; IMRT: Intensity modulated radiation therapy; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CT: Computed tomography; ...
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Effect of Tegafur Gimeracil Oteracil Potassium Capsule + Kangai injection + intensity-modulated radiation therapy on the cellular malignant biological processes in advanced cervical cancer lesion
... drug therapy before inclusion were ...+ intensity-modulated radiation therapy and were 41-58 years old, 22 cases were in FIGO IIb stage, 32 cases were in III stage and 3 cases were in ...
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Quality Control of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
... Abstract The aim of this study is to ensure the MLC positional and leaf speed accuracy. To check the MLC positional and leaf speed accuracy picket fence and synchronized segmented stripes test pattern were performed. The ...
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Dosimetric Improvements Utilising Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme
... standard therapy, either with an external beam boost, stereotactic boost or brachytherapy ...the radiation treatment duration [11,15,16]; or via hypofractionation with a high dose of RT to a smaller target ...
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Postoperative intensity-modulated radiation therapy provides favorable local control and low toxicities in patients with soft tissue sarcomas in the extremities and trunk wall
... To our knowledge, our study represents one of the largest studies of IMRT for the postoperative treatment of STS in the modern era. IMRT produced favorable LC and OS among patients with STSs in the extremities and trunk ...
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Optimizing Respiratory Gated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning and Delivery of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
... sparing. Intensity gradients of dose are created by modulating the fluence of incident beams using a computer controlled multi-leaf collimator (MLC) to produce beam segments within each treatment ...volumetric ...
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Quality of treatment plans and accuracy of in vivo portal dosimetry in hybrid intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer.
... volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) that there might be a role for a mixture of intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMRT) and VMAT beams in a hybrid approach ...hybrid therapy ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): a clinical reality for cancer treatment, "any fool can understand this". The 2004 Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture.
... late radiation normal-tissue complications which by definition are too early to observe; (iii) whilst the strongest ‘‘level-1’’ evidence for clinical utility will come from randomized trials, these are hard to set ...
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Effects of Radiation Dose and Volume to the Larynx in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of non-laryngeal Head and Neck Malignancies
... into radiation oncology in the 1980s enabled treatment planning based on three-dimensional anatomical information of the tumour and surrounding healthy tissues, thus facilitating the establishment of ...
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the survival of patients with non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma after curative treatment
... curative therapy. In addition, a cohort of patients who received intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was also included for validation to test whether this nomogram could be ...
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