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The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience

Many modern radiotherapy centers now have image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ig-imrt) tools available for clinical use, and the technique offers many options for patients requiring palliative radiotherapy. We describe a single-institution experience with ig-imrt for short-course palliati...

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Autores principales: Samant, R., Gerig, L., Montgomery, L., MacRae, R., Fox, G., Nyiri, B., Carty, K., MacPherson, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Multimed Inc. 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19526084
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author Samant, R.
Gerig, L.
Montgomery, L.
MacRae, R.
Fox, G.
Nyiri, B.
Carty, K.
MacPherson, M.
author_facet Samant, R.
Gerig, L.
Montgomery, L.
MacRae, R.
Fox, G.
Nyiri, B.
Carty, K.
MacPherson, M.
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description Many modern radiotherapy centers now have image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ig-imrt) tools available for clinical use, and the technique offers many options for patients requiring palliative radiotherapy. We describe a single-institution experience with ig-imrt for short-course palliative radiotherapy, highlighting the unique situations in which the technique can be most effectively used.
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spelling pubmed-26957102009-06-12 The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience Samant, R. Gerig, L. Montgomery, L. MacRae, R. Fox, G. Nyiri, B. Carty, K. MacPherson, M. Curr Oncol Radiation Oncology Many modern radiotherapy centers now have image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ig-imrt) tools available for clinical use, and the technique offers many options for patients requiring palliative radiotherapy. We describe a single-institution experience with ig-imrt for short-course palliative radiotherapy, highlighting the unique situations in which the technique can be most effectively used. Multimed Inc. 2009-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2695710/ /pubmed/19526084 Text en 2009 Multimed Inc.
spellingShingle Radiation Oncology
Samant, R.
Gerig, L.
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MacRae, R.
Fox, G.
Nyiri, B.
Carty, K.
MacPherson, M.
The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title_full The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title_fullStr The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title_full_unstemmed The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title_short The emerging role of IG-IMRT for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
title_sort emerging role of ig-imrt for palliative radiotherapy: a single-institution experience
topic Radiation Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19526084
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