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Adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer reduces the requirement for rescans during treatment due to spinal cord dose

BACKGROUND: Patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck (H&N) cancer often experience anatomical changes. The potential compromises to Planning Target Volume (PTV) coverage or Organ at Risk (OAR) sparing has prompted the use of adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for these patients. However, im...

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Autores principales: Belshaw, Louise, Agnew, Christina E., Irvine, Denise M., Rooney, Keith P., McGarry, Conor K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6825357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31675962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1400-3