Setup errors in patients with head-neck cancer (HNC), treated using the Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) technique: how it influences the customised immobilisation systems, patient’s pain and anxiety

BACKGROUND: In patients with head-neck cancer treated with IMRT, immobility of the upper part of the body during radiation is maintained by means of customised immobilisation devices. The main purpose of this study was to determine how the procedures for preparation of customised immobilisation syst...

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Autores principales: Contesini, Massimiliano, Guberti, Monica, Saccani, Roberta, Braglia, Luca, Iotti, Cinzia, Botti, Andrea, Abbati, Emilio, Iemmi, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0807-y

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