Volumetric modulated arc therapy: a review of current literature and clinical use in practice

M Teoh, CH Clark, K Wood, S Whitaker… - The British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel radiation technique, which can achieve
highly conformal dose distributions with improved target volume coverage and sparing of …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy for treatment of solid tumors: current insights

G Macchia, F Deodato, S Cilla, S Cammelli… - OncoTargets and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Aim This article discusses the current use of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
techniques in clinical practice and reviews the available data from clinical outcome studies …

Feasibility and early clinical assessment of flattening filter free (FFF) based stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatments

M Scorsetti, F Alongi, S Castiglioni, A Clivio… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To test feasibility and safety of clinical usage of Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams
for delivering ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) doses to various tumor …

Dose–volume-related dysphagia after constrictor muscles definition in head and neck cancer intensity-modulated radiation treatment

R Mazzola, F Ricchetti, A Fiorentino… - The British journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Dysphagia remains a side effect influencing the quality of life of patients with head
and neck cancer (HNC) after radiotherapy. We evaluated the relationship between planned …

Statistical process control analysis for patient-specific IMRT and VMAT QA

T Sanghangthum, S Suriyapee… - Journal of radiation …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
This work applied statistical process control to establish the control limits of the% gamma
pass of patient-specific intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated …

A comparison of several modulated radiotherapy techniques for head and neck cancer and dosimetric validation of VMAT

F Stieler, D Wolff, H Schmid, G Welzel, F Wenz… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has the potential to shorten treatment
times for fluence modulated radiotherapy. We compared dose distributions of VMAT, step …

Is VMAT beneficial for patients undergoing radiotherapy to the head and neck?

J Osborn - Radiography, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Volumetric Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) offers solutions to the time
consuming, higher monitor unit (MU) delivery of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) …

Image-guided volumetric modulated arc therapy for breast cancer: a feasibility study and plan comparison with three-dimensional conformal and intensity-modulated …

H Badakhshi, D Kaul, J Nadobny, B Wille… - The British journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To test the feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in breast cancer
and to compare it with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) as conventional …

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver tumours using flattening filter free beam: dosimetric and technical considerations

P Mancosu, S Castiglioni, G Reggiori, M Catalano… - Radiation …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose To report the initial institute experience in terms of dosimetric and technical aspects
in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) delivered using flattening filter free (FFF) beam …

Predictors of mucositis in oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer in patients treated with volumetric modulated radiation treatment: A dose–volume analysis

R Mazzola, F Ricchetti, S Fersino, A Fiorentino… - Head & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of mucositis in
oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer after definitive or adjuvant volumetric modulated arc …