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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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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. Montgomery, L. 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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