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Abstract
Radiotherapy (RT) plays an important role in the management of lung cancer. Development of radiation techniques is a possible way to improve the effect of RT by reducing toxicities through better sparing the surrounding normal tissues. This article will review the application of two forms of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), fixed-field IMRT and helical tomotherapy (HT) in lung cancer, including dosimetric and clinical studies. The advantages and potential disadvantages of these two techniques are also discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Lung cancer; helical tomotherapy (HT); intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); radiotherapy (RT)
Year: 2015 PMID: 26207214 PMCID: PMC4483473 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.01.07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transl Lung Cancer Res ISSN: 2218-6751