Dosimetric comparison using different multileaf collimeters in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for upper thoracic esophageal cancer

PURPOSE: To study the impacts of multileaf collimators (MLC) width [standard MLC width of 10 mm (sMLC) and micro-MLC width of 4 mm (mMLC)] in the intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) planning for the upper thoracic esophageal cancer (UTEC). METHODS AND MATERIALS: 10 patients with UTEC were retros...

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Autores principales: Gong, Youling, Wang, Shichao, Zhou, Lin, Liu, Yongmei, Xu, Yong, Lu, You, Bai, Sen, Fu, Yuchuan, Xu, Qingfeng, Jiang, Qingfeng
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-65

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-65

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