Quantifying and Assessing the Dosimetric Impact of Changing Gas Volumes Throughout the Course of VMAT Radiation Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors

Quantifying and Assessing the Dosimetric Impact of Changing Gas Volumes Throughout the Course of VMAT Radiation Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors

Purpose: This retrospective patient study assessed the consistency of abdominal gas presence throughout radiation therapy for patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer and determined the impact of variations in gas volume on the calculated dose distribution of volumetric modulated arc therapy. Met...

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Main Authors: Joshua Scott, BMRS (RT), Kylie Dundas, BAppSc (MRT–RT), MAppSc (MRS), Yolanda Surjan, BAppSc (MRT), GCertHlthProm, MHlthSc (ED), Odette King, BAppSc (MRT–RT), MHSM, Sankar Arumugam, BSc, MSc, PhD, Shrikant Deshpande, PhD, Mark Udovitch, BAppSc (MRS–RT), MHSM, Mark Lee, MB BS, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109421000087

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