Helical Tomotherapy® is a Safe and Feasible Technique for Total Scalp Irradiation | Zendy

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Helical Tomotherapy® is a Safe and Feasible Technique for Total Scalp Irradiation

Author(s) -

Francesco Cuccia,

Vanessa Figlia,

Antonella Palmeri,

Francesco Verderame,

Antonio Lo Casto,

Mariella Mannino,

Giuseppe Ferrera

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2017.6942

Subject(s) - tomotherapy , medicine , scalp , angiosarcoma , radiation therapy , homogeneous , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery , physics , thermodynamics

Angiosarcoma of the scalp is a rare aggressive tumor that affects elderly patients. Chemoradiation is the treatment of choice for multicentric and extensive disease. The shape of the scalp represents a dosimetric challenge in terms of achieving a homogeneous concave dose distribution with coverage of the entire target volume and an acceptable organs-at-risk sparing. We report a case of an 81-year-old man with a multifocal angiosarcoma of the scalp treated with Helical TomoTherapy® (Accuray Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) intensity modulated radiotherapy. This technique allows precise and daily verifiable coverage of the target keeping the dose to the organs at risk within the constraints

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