Dosimetric Evaluation of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy, Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, and Helical Tomotherapy for Hippocampal-Avoidance Whole Brain Radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is a vital tool in radiation oncology and beyond, but it can result in adverse health effects such as neurocognitive decline. Hippocampal Avoidance WBRT (HA-WBRT) is a strategy that aims to mitigate the neuro-cognitive side effects of whole brain radiother...

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Autores principales: Rong, Yi, Evans, Josh, Xu-Welliver, Meng, Pickett, Cadron, Jia, Guang, Chen, Quan, Zuo, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25894615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126222

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25894615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126222

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