Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers

Radiotherapy is an integral component of head/neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) treatment, and technological developments including advances in image-guided radiotherapy over the past decades have offered improvements in the technical treatment of these cancers. Integration of magnetic resonanc...

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Autores principales: Gharzai, Laila A., Rosen, Benjamin S., Mittal, Bharat, Mierzwa, Michelle L., Yadav, Poonam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8911481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35268479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051388
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Sumario:Radiotherapy is an integral component of head/neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) treatment, and technological developments including advances in image-guided radiotherapy over the past decades have offered improvements in the technical treatment of these cancers. Integration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into image guidance through the development of MR-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) offers further potential for refinement of the techniques by which HNSCCs are treated. This article provides an overview of the literature supporting the current use of MRgRT for HNSCC, challenges with its use, and developing research areas.

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