J Bourhis, A Etessami, A Lusinchi - Annals of oncology, 2005 - Citeseer
External beam radiation therapy has long been a major tool for treating early stage and locally advanced resectable and unresectable non-metastatic head and neck cancers. In …
WM Mendenhall, RJ Amdur, JR Palta - Journal of clinical oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
The purpose of this article is to review the role of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the standard management of patients with head and neck cancer through a critical review of …
A Eisbruch - Nature clinical practice oncology, 2005 - nature.com
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a new technical improvement of radiotherapy, in which computer-controlled treatment machines produce multiple beams of …
M Feng, A Eisbruch - Journal of clinical oncology, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Improving the conformity of the radiation dose to targets in the head and neck promises reduced toxicity and, in some cases, potentially improved local-regional tumor control …
SI Gutiontov, EJ Shin, B Lok, NY Lee… - Head & neck, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has played a major role in improving outcomes and decreasing morbidity in patients with head and neck cancer. This …
I Mallick, JN Waldron - Seminars in oncology nursing, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of the state of the art in the management of head and neck cancers with radiation therapy (RT) and review issues concerning dose-fractionation …
G Ozyigit, T Yang, KSC Chao - Current treatment options in oncology, 2004 - Springer
Opinion statement Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) involves the delivery of optimized nonuniform beam intensities to the patient. In the head and neck region, there are …
A Eisbruch - International journal of radiation oncology, biology …, 2002 - redjournal.org
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) involves the delivery of optimized, nonuniform irradiation beam intensities. It achieves a higher target dose conformity compared with …
A Eisbruch, RL Foote, B O'Sullivan, JJ Beitler… - Seminars in radiation …, 2002 - Elsevier
The head and neck contain many critical, noninvolved structures in close vicinity to the targets. The tightly conformal doses produced by intensity-modulated radiation therapy …