Impact of robust treatment planning on single- and multi-field optimized plans for proton beam therapy of unilateral head and neck target volumes

BACKGROUND: Proton beam therapy is promising for the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC), but it is sensitive to uncertainties in patient positioning and particle range. Studies have shown that the planning target volume (PTV) concept may not be sufficient to ensure robustness of the target cove...

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Autores principales: Cubillos-Mesías, Macarena, Baumann, Michael, Troost, Esther G. C., Lohaus, Fabian, Löck, Steffen, Richter, Christian, Stützer, Kristin
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/PMC5706329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0931-8

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