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Dosimetric comparison between biaxially rotational dynamic radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Background: Radiotherapy device (OXRAY) using an O-ring-type linear accelerator system was developed in Japan. In this study, we aimed to compare dose distributions using biaxially rotational dynamic ...
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Radiotherapy planning study comparing volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of bladder and pelvic lymph nodes.

Postchemotherapy AKR1B10 expression correlates with disease-free survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Background: VMAT is increasingly used as an alternative to IMRT and has been shown to ...
Nature

Cachexia induces head and neck changes in locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma during definitive cisplatin and image-guided volumetric-modulated arc radiation therapy

Cancer cachexia is a syndrome characterized by weight loss (WL) and sarcopenia. Aim of the study was to assess the impact of cachexia on head and neck changes during definitive cisplatin and ...
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A phase II study of whole brain radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost using volumetric modulated arc therapy for 1 to 10 brain metastases.

Cost utility analysis of a randomized radiation therapy trial among patients with one to three brain metastases. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...
Physics World

Intensity-modulated protons reduce side effects of whole-brain radiotherapy

Dose distributions for an intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plan and a volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plan for a paediatric patient receiving hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain ...
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Medical Centre in Uganda Treats Paediatric Brain Tumour Using Advanced Technique

For the first time, the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala has treated an aggressive paediatric brain tumour using an advanced radiotherapy known as volumetric modulated arc therapy, with support from ...