Intensity-modulated radiotherapy as the boost or salvage treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The appropriate parameters in the inverse planning and the effect of patient's anatomic factors on the planning results

Ching-Yeh HSIUNG; Margie A. HUNT; Ellen D. YORKE; Chen-Shou CHUI; Jason HU; Jian-Ping XIONG; Clifton C. LING; Sing Kai LO; Chong-Jong WANG; Eng-Yen HUANG; Howard I. AMOLS

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2005.04.017

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy as the boost or salvage treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The appropriate parameters in the inverse planning and the effect of patient's anatomic factors on the planning results

Ching-Yeh HSIUNG, Margie A. HUNT, Ellen D. YORKE, Chen-Shou CHUI, Jason HU, Jian-Ping XIONG, Clifton C. LING, Sing Kai LO, Chong-Jong WANG, Eng-Yen HUANG, Howard I. AMOLS

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (FLASS)

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Abstract

The current study demonstrates that the large increase in normal tissue penalty often degrades target dose uniformity without a concomitant large improvement in normal tissue dose, especially in anatomically unfavorable patients. The excessively large normal tissue penalties do not improve treatment plans for patients having unfavorable geometry. Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-57
Journal	Radiotherapy and Oncology
Volume	77
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2005.04.017
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

Citation

Hsiung, C.-Y., Hunt, M. A., Yorke, E. D., Chui, C.-S., Hu, J., Xiong, J.-P., . . . Amols, H. I. (2005). Intensity-modulated radiotherapy as the boost or salvage treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The appropriate parameters in the inverse planning and the effect of patient's anatomic factors on the planning results. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 77(1), 53-57. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.04.017

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Inverse planning
Optimization
Anatomic factor

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