Background Eating and drinking are enjoyable activities that positively impact on an
individual's quality of life. The ability to swallow food and fluid is integral to the process of …

Radiation therapy for head and neck cancer causes significant secondary side-effects in
normal salivary glands, resulting in diminished quality of life for these individuals. Salivary …

Radiotherapy is a mainstay treatment for cancer in clinic. An excellent radiotherapy
treatment plan is always based on a high-quality dose distribution map which is produced by …

PURPOSE: Volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy (RA) allows for rapid delivery of
highly conformal dose distributions. In this study, planning and dosimetry of RA were …

Since its introduction more than a decade ago, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has
spread to most radiotherapy departments worldwide for a wide range of indications. The …

Dysphagia and xerostomia are the main sequellae of chemoradiotherapy for head and neck
cancer, and the main factors in reducing long-term patient quality of life. IMRT uses …

AIMS: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a development of three-dimensional
conformal radiotherapy that offers improvements in dosimetry in many clinical scenarios …

PURPOSE: To compare step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ss-IMRT) with
volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for complex-shaped target volumes with a …

PURPOSE: To analyze the combined and updated results from the University of Michigan
and University Medical Center Utrecht on normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) of …

Intensification of radiotherapy treatment for locally advanced head and neck cancer by use
of altered fractionation schedules or concomitant chemotherapy has resulted in substantially …