… Having achieved these objectives, including approval of the dose plans by an oncologist
specialized in head and neck cancer (in this study the same oncologist reviewed all the plans), …

… volumetric modulated arc therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancers is feasible …
chemotherapy, is the primary treatment modality for head and neck cancer patients. In the last …

… of 94 patients with locally advanced pharyngeal cancer compared … Volumetric modulated
arc therapy (VMAT) is an arc-based … of VMAT in the treatment of head and neck cancer, and the …

… patients were randomly selected from the list of patients with head-and-neck cancer that have
received IMRT treatment … All cases were difficult to plan using conventional IMRT because …

… included from different centers to have a cohort of patients treated with the two techniques. …
RA with two arcs to spare the function of parotid glands in Head and Neck cancer patients by …

… Tumors were staged according to the AJCC 7th edition [5]. All cases were presented at
the institution's multidisciplinary head and neck tumor board prior to treatment initiation. Prior …

… (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT). This … potential challenges encountered
with volumetric arc therapy. … outcome of head and neck cancer patients is compromised. …

… T: SmartArc-based volumetric modulated arc therapy for oropharyngeal cancer: a dosimetric
comparison with both intensity-modulated radiation therapy and helical tomotherapy. Int J …

Background and purpose In recent decades, outcomes of patients with head and neck
cancer (HNC) have improved as a result of implementing several strategies, such as …

… and neck cancer included in this study. Both single arc and dual arc VMAT reduce the
treatment time drastically compared with IMRT, but the plan quality of single arc was not sufficient. …