Protocol of a study investigating breath-hold techniques for upper-abdominal radiation therapy (BURDIE): addressing the challenge of a moving target

BACKGROUND: Radiation therapy to upper abdominal sites is technically challenging due to motion of tumors and surrounding organs resulting from normal respiration. Breath-hold, using an Active Breathing Coordinator is one strategy used to reduce motion in these tumor sites. Though widely used, no st...

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Autores principales: Farrugia, Briana, Khor, Richard, Foroudi, Farshad, Chao, Michael, Knight, Kellie, Wright, Caroline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01688-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01688-z

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