DVH- and NTCP-based dosimetric comparison of different longitudinal margins for VMAT-IMRT of esophageal cancer

PURPOSE: To cover the microscopic tumor spread in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (SCC), longitudinal margins of 3–4 cm are used for radiotherapy (RT) protocols. However, smaller margins of 2–3 cm might be reasonable when advanced diagnostic imaging is integrated into target volume delineat...

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Autores principales: Münch, S, Oechsner, M, Combs, SE, Habermehl, D
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/PMC5557554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28806990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0871-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28806990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0871-3

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