Feasibility of intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer

Feasibility of intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer

BACKGROUND:In this study the feasibility of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and tomotherapy-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for locally advanced esophageal cancer was assessed.METHODS:A retrospective study of ten patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer who underwent concurren...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Nam, Jang, Siyoung, Vock, Jacqueline, Vinh-Hung, Vincent, Chi, Alexander, Vos, Paul, Pugh, Judith, Vo, Richard, Ceizyk, Misty, Desai, Anand, Smith-Raymond, Lexie, the International Geriatric, Radiotherapy Group
Other Authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Howard University Hospital, 2401 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Room 2055, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Subjects:
Esophageal cancer
Tomotherapy
Normal tissue sparing
Online Access:Nguyen et al. BMC Cancer 2014, 14:265 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/14/265
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610350
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610350

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Nguyen et al. BMC Cancer 2014, 14:265 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/14/265
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610350
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610350

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