Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment
The Impact of Small Field’s Off Set on Output Factor in Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment
... In intensity modulated radiation treatment (IMRT) planning, the use of asym- metrically collimated fields that are placed on central axis or its off-set is mostly ...
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Effect of intensity modulated radiation therapy combined with paclitaxel + endostar chemotherapy on serum malignant molecule levels in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
... after treatment, and the decrease in the serum levels of above indexes is more significant in research group, confirming that postoperative intensity modulated radiation therapy combined with ...
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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.
... In-vivo portal imaging was simulated in a phantom scenario by means of forward image prediction [10]. Following inverse planning, each plan was recalculated with the isocentre located centrally in a homogeneous water ...
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Dosimetric Improvements Utilising Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme
... agement may be limited by potential barriers including high departmental workload, concern over geographical target miss and uncertainty with the target volume deli- neation. These appear to be addressed with improve- ...
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The Role of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for a Case of Primary Breast Sarcoma: A Plan Comparison between Three Modern Techniques and a Review of the Literature
... (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) or RapidArc ® ...and treatment efficiency were ...IMRT. Treatment time was similar with 3D-CRT ...
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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 ...
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Xerostomia induced by radiotherapy: an overview of the physiopathology, clinical evidence, and management of the oral damage
... of radiation is usually ...the treatment of HNC; a special attachment to the radiotherapy machine carefully arranges the radiation beams to match the shape of the cancer, reducing the ...
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Dosimetric Comparison of Amorphous Silicon EPID and 2D Array Detector for Pre Treatment Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
... during treatment sessions [1]. The verification of radiotherapy treatment plans is a very important step in complex radiotherapy techniques because the primary goal of radiation therapy is to deliver ...
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Thieke, Christian (2017): Optimierte Planung und bildgeführte Applikation der intensitätsmodulierten Strahlentherapie. Habilitationsschrift, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... in treatment planning and treatment ...and intensity-modulated radio- therapy (IMRT) are capable of generating complex dose distributions whose high dose areas tightly conform to the tumour ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer: is it ready for prime time?
... IMRT is gaining widespread acceptance across many centers. Resource limitation is a concern that may hinder the adop- tion of IMRT. Hence, selecting the planning technique is often a trade-off among four factors: 1) plan ...
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Stereotactic Body radiation therapy for liver tumors with or without rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy
... Because of the fast tumor wash-out of HCC, the contrast information provided by 4D CT scan is not accurate enough to delineate the target. We therefore fused CT images with recent MRI by using a rigid fusion procedure ...
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Treatment of eccrine porocarcinoma with metastasis to the parotid gland using intensity modulated radiation therapy: a case report
... Based on the literature, the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of EPC remains unclear. Orphan cases with good responses to 5-fluorouracil [14], thiotepa and Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) [15] have been reported. ...
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the survival of patients with non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma after curative treatment
... received intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was also included for validation to test whether this nomogram could be applied to predict survival of these ...
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Reducing the probability of radiation-induced hepatic toxicity by changing the treatment modality from helical tomotherapy to fixed-beam intensity-modulated radiotherapy
... significance (72.5% in tomotherapy, 64.8% in coplanar IMRT). Lee et al. also suggested that helical tomotherapy showed better CI, HI, and liver doses compared to fixed- beam IMRT in HCC or metastatic liver tumor patients ...
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Toxicity of Tomotherapy Based Simultaneous Integrated Boost in Whole Pelvis Radiation for Prostate Cancer
... with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) tech- ...and treatment duration, the validity of SIB remains to be dis- cussed more in the era of ...
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Comparative Study Between Field-In-Field And Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Techniques In Treatment Of Breast Cancer
... conformal radiation therapy and 3DCRT with weight-optimized medial and lateral open fields in a large group of unselected ...conformal radiation therapy provided a better target coverage than 3DCRT with ...
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High dose single fraction IMRT versus fractionated external beam radiotherapy for patients with spinal bone metastases: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... effective treatment option ...body radiation therapy (SBRT) using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) can be a safe modality for treating spinal metastasis with enhanced targeting accuracy ...
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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
... after treatment, and serum Fas and p53 levels of group A after treatment were significantly higher than those of group B while CyclinE, CyclinD1 and PCNA levels were significantly lower than those of group ...
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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
... bowel near the irradiation field [4]-[8] and increases the doses to these organs. A pre- vious report showed that TD 50/5 of small bowel was 60 Gy (for 1/3 of the volume) and TD 50/5 of large bowel was 65 Gy (for 1/3 of ...
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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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