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Treatment planning comparison of IMPT, VMAT and 4π radiotherapy for prostate cases

BACKGROUND: Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT), non-coplanar 4π intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) represent the most advanced treatment methods based on heavy ion and X-rays, respectively. Here we compare their performance for prostate c...

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Autores principales: Tran, Angelia, Zhang, Jingjing, Woods, Kaley, Yu, Victoria, Nguyen, Dan, Gustafson, Gary, Rosen, Lane, Sheng, Ke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28077128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-016-0761-0