Comparative study of four advanced 3d-conformal radiation therapy treatment planning techniques for head and neck cancer

MY Herrassi, F Bentayeb… - Journal of medical physics, 2013 - journals.lww.com
For the head-and-neck cancer bilateral irradiation, intensity-modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) is the most reported technique as it enables both target dose coverage and organ-at …

Presentation of a 3D conformal radiotherapy technique for head-and-neck tumors resulting in substantial protection of the parotid glands

T Kuhnt, M Janich, U Götz, R Gerlach… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2006 - Springer
Purpose: The aim of this study was to improve the irradiation technique for the treatment of
head-and-neck tumors and, in particular, to make use of the advantages found in modern 3D …

3D conformal, IMRT and VMAT for the treatment of head and neck cancer: a brief literature review

KT Afrin, S Ahmad - Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 2022 - cambridge.org
Aim: The objective of this study has been to identify monitor unit (MU) and treatment time
variations, volume coverage dissimilarity among 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) …

Three-dimensional conformal vs. intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head-and-neck cancer patients: comparative analysis of dosimetric and technical parameters

L Cozzi, A Fogliata, A Bolsi, G Nicolini… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is
now widely advocated for the treatment of head-and-neck cancers, to increase the …

Optimisation of radiotherapy for carcinoma of the parotid gland: a comparison of conventional, three-dimensional conformal, and intensity-modulated techniques

CM Nutting, CG Rowbottom, VP Cosgrove… - Radiotherapy and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background and purpose: To compare external beam radiotherapy techniques for parotid
gland tumours using conventional radiotherapy (RT), three-dimensional conformal …

Target coverage in head and neck cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a comparison between conventional and conformal techniques

M Palazzi, E Orlandi, E Pignoli, M Lualdi… - Tumori …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and background We designed a comparative planning study aimed at quantifying the
advantages of intensity-modu-lated radiotherapy (IMRT) over the conventional 3-field …

Comparing 3DCRT and inversely optimized IMRT planning for head and neck cancer: equivalence between step-and-shoot and sliding window techniques

B Longobardi, E De Martin, C Fiorino, I Dell'oca… - Radiotherapy and …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To investigate the feasibility and the advantages of using
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for the treatment of head-and-neck cancer …

Comparison three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy versus intensity modulated radiation therapy in local control of head and neck cancer

G Ghosh, G Gupta, A Malviya… - Journal of cancer research …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: About 74% of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients need to undergo either
definitive or postoperative radiation therapy because of aggressive nature of disease. The …

A treatment planning comparison of two different 3d conformal techniques for irradiation of head and neck cancer patients

D Lukarski, V Krstevska, S Petkovska - 2010 - repository.ukim.mk
The purpose of this treatment planning study was to compare two different three dimensional
conformal irradiation techniques for head and neck cancer patients. For 33 patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): toward a new standard for radiation therapy of head and neck cancer?

N Daly-Schveitzer, M Juliéron, YG Tao… - European annals of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an evolution of 3D conformal radiation
therapy, which is the current standard radiation therapy technique in head-and-neck cancer …