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Effect of interfractional shoulder motion on low neck nodal targets for patients treated using volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

VMAT is an important tool in the treatment of head and neck cancers, many of which also require treatment to the supraclavicular lymph nodes. However, full VMAT arcs treating this nodal region necessarily cause entrance beam to pass through patients' shoulders. Thus, interfractional variations...

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Autores principales: Casey, Kevin E., Wong, Pei‐Fong, Tung, Samuel S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v16i4.5206